Happy Thanksgiving!
AIA Research is offering a
free copy of the 2020 Firm Survey Report. With data from nearly 1,000 firms, this essential resource includes metrics to measure practice, evaluate performance, and set strategy. You'll discover trends in firm billings and finances, construction sectors served, international work, and practice and technology, including:
• Why there is likely to be a significant increase in retrofits due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• How firms are using research to inform practice and R&D tax credits.
• The share of firms using BIM and energy modeling for billable projects and how much revenue comes from these projects.
• Construction contract value for buildings designed to meet or exceed resilience code minimum and/or a performance or sustainability standard such as LEED, WELL, or RELi.
• How diversity in the architecture profession compares to the national workforce.
The
COTE Top Ten Awards is the architecture industry's best-known awards program for design excellence juried through a holistic lens that includes climate, health, and equity. Each year, this prestigious award recognizes 10 projects that set new standards in design and performance around the
AIA Framework for Design Excellence. The winning projects don't just show us how architects and design leadership can help solve the climate crisis. They also offer innovative solutions to achieving a zero-carbon, resilient, healthy, just, and equitable built environment for everyone. The deadline for submissions is
5 pm ET on January 20, 2021 -
learn more here. EDRA52 (Environmental Design Research Association) invites proposals to the Visual Presentations (Posters, Digital Media Shorts) and the Work in Progress submission categories.
Proposals due January 8, 2021. Visit the website to learn more about this
conference that will focus on how research, design, and relationships between people and environments contribute to the creation of justice. www.edra.org/edra52American-Made Buildings Prize on Envelope Retrofit Opportunities for Building Optimization Technologies (E-ROBOT)
This announcement marks the opening of submissions for Phase 1 of the E-ROBOT Prize. Researchers, small businesses, students, and nonprofit organizations based in the United States are encouraged to apply. Building technology incubators and investors, industry leaders, labor unions, regional energy-efficiency offices, academia, and think tanks are encouraged to provide technical and market insights, marketing expertise, product validation, and other support. The American-Made Buildings Prize is administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and funded by EERE's Building Technologies Office. Please visit the
E-ROBOT Prize webpage on the American-Made Challenges site for more information, including how to get involved and apply. Applications are due by
5 pm ET on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.------------------------------
Dr. Nissa Dahlin-Brown, Assoc. AIA
Director, Higher Education
The American Institute of Architects
Washington, DC
nissadahlinbrown@aia.org------------------------------