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ALBION DISTRICT LIBRARY BY PERKINS + WILL IS A 2018 COTE TOP TEN RECIPIENT. IMAGE: DOUBLESPACE PHOTOGRAPHY

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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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Founding sponsors: Building Green
Premier sponsors: Sherwin-Williams
Sustaining sponsors: GAF Roofing, Milliken, Andersen Windows,
BlueScope Buildings
Green sponsors: EPIC Metals
Allied sponsors: TLC Engineering, Sierra Pacific Windows

leverage energy data to elevate your practice

  • 1.  leverage energy data to elevate your practice

    Posted 11-08-2019 01:06 PM

    leverage energy data to elevate your practice

    Check out this important whitepaper from the Energy Leadership Group.

    Many cities are mandating that owners report their energy use. Some are going as far as disclosing that data to the public. From energy bench-marking to post-occupancy evaluations, this holds an exciting opportunity for architects to reduce carbon emissions from the built environment, while also elevating their practice and making clients happy.

    The Leveraging Energy Transparency brief reviews:
    • the movement toward energy transparency in cities across the country,
    • the business opportunity energy transparency presents for architects, and
    • how architects can improve building performance while improving client relationships.
    https://www.aia.org/resources/6207078-leveraging-energy-transparency?editing=true&tools=true




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    Kira Gould CONNECT
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