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The Committee on the Environment (COTE®) is an AIA Knowledge Community working for architects, allied professionals, and the public to achieve climate action and climate justice through design. We believe that design excellence is the foundation of a healthy, sustainable, and equitable future. Our work promotes design strategies that empower all AIA members to realize the best social and environmental outcomes with the clients and the communities they serve.

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  • 1.  Innovative energy positive buildings

    Posted 12-17-2018 10:36 AM
    A short, hopeful report from Norway:

    https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/12/norway-energy-positive-building-powerhouse-snohetta/577918/

    Aloha, 
    Linda Berry, AIA, LEED AP
    Maui, Hawaii


  • 2.  RE: Innovative energy positive buildings

    Posted 12-19-2018 01:30 PM

    This is great.  Thank you! I especially like that they are including embodied carbon in their calculations of energy positive.

     

    Jean Carroon, FAIA, LEED Fellow
    Principal - Design, Preservation and Sustainability
    Goody Clancy
    420 Boylston Street
    Boston, MA 02116
    617 262 2760 (main) 617 850 6651 (direct) 617 285 5936 (mobile)
    jean.carroon@goodyclancy.com
    www.goodyclancy.com