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The Committee on Design (COD) was founded to promote design excellence among members of the AIA, the broader design community, and the public at large, both nationally and internationally.

2024 COD Conferences

Arkansas

April 3-7 | 21c Hotel | Bentonville and Eureka Springs - Registration is sold out.

Brazil

Thu, Oct 17 - Sat, Oct 26, 2024
Sao Paulo > Brasilia > Rio de Janerio.  Registration will open in late April.

2024 Sponsorships

Download the prospectus for Arkansas and Brazil opportunities.


2023 COD Conferences

Last year, COD held two domestic design conferences investigating The Authenticity of Place.  The first conference was held in New Orleans, LA.  View the short video of the venue tours and download the conference program book. The second conference was held in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, September 21-24, 2023. Download the Minneapolis guidebook and view the conference video

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Architects as Solar PV Subject Matter Experts Wanted for National Training Project

  • 1.  Architects as Solar PV Subject Matter Experts Wanted for National Training Project

    Posted 06-01-2016 02:52 PM

    Hello COTE & CoD members, 

    I am posting this on behalf of a member of both the AIA Energy Leadership Group AND Codes & Standards Committee.

    Please see the attached solicitation for details regarding the project and the modest compensation BCAP can provide for your help. If you have any questions, you should contact Maureen Guttman, AIA, BCAP President, at 202.530.2211 or mguttman@bcapcodes.org.

    Solar PV Subject Matter Experts Wanted for National Training Project

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    Solar PV Subject Matter Experts Wanted for National Training Project
    The Building Codes Assistance Project (BCAP) and the Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) are seeking Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to help develop, review and perfect solar photo-voltaic (PV) training materials and messaging for design professionals.
    View this on Bcap-energy >
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    Scott Frank
    Sr. Director, Media Relations
    The American Institute of Architects
    Washington DC
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    2024 HRC Taliesin West


  • 2.  RE: Architects as Solar PV Subject Matter Experts Wanted for National Training Project

    Posted 06-02-2016 06:02 PM
    This sounds like a very good idea, specifically for California as many counties are establishing Community Choice Energy Joint Power Authorities such that they are purhaing their own power - renewable power, in place of the local vendor such as PG&E.  As a JPA board member, I anticipate that there will be significant opportunities for our clients to incorporate large amount of solar panels, etc, that will become a provider to these JPAs.



    2024 HRC Taliesin West


  • 3.  RE: Architects as Solar PV Subject Matter Experts Wanted for National Training Project

    Posted 06-04-2016 10:03 AM

    So explain something to me.  After we  buy all our power  from alternatives to PG&E et al, it still has to be  delivered  on infrastructure installed and maintained by PG&E no?  When this money  goes to alternative  energy companies are they paying  PG&E for  the  privilege  of delivering alternative  power?  Companies like  PG&E are  already reneging (or trying to) on solar energy buyback programs  because they're  claiming they can't afford to provide and  maintain  the  infrastructure  necessary for  the  grid to work if  they don't make  money  off of generating  power. Buying alternative  power  feels  a little  like  smoke and  mirrors to me  or  robbing Peter to pay Paul.  Hopefully  this money changing  pockets approach is doing something meaningful to the  system of providing  electricity in this  country.

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    Eugene Ely AIA, LEED AP

    San Jose, CA

    2024 HRC Taliesin West