Committee on the Environment

 View Only

Community HTML

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

Quick Links

Who we are

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.

Enjoy our latest on COTE news (and follow us on X and LinkedIn). 

To learn about the Framework for Design Excellence (formerly the COTE Top Ten Measures), click here.

Check out COTE's history and timeline. 

Starting a local COTE or sustainability group and need some guidance? Check out the AIA COTE Network Resources here.

A big thank you to our 2024 sponsors: 
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

  • 1.  Ed Mazria's letter to the UNFCC

    Posted 11-09-2020 06:10 PM

    I stand with Edward Mazria and Architecture 2030. 

    Last week, Ed released an open letter to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's Patricia Espinosa, urging the UNFCCC to publicly dimsseminate the 1.5˚C carbon budget and related emissions reduction targets needed to meet that budget:

    "As the leader of the international entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change, it is incumbent upon the UNFCCC Secretariat to provide updated accurate targets on its websites and in its communications of the emissions reductions and timelines necessary to achieve the 1.5˚C global warming threshold."

    Read the full letter here:

    https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=dbdab49ae97bbf29f9…

    #climateaction #leadership #carbonmatters



    ------------------------------
    Kira Gould
    Principal
    Kira Gould CONNECT
    Oakland CA
    ------------------------------


  • 2.  RE: Ed Mazria's letter to the UNFCC

    Posted 11-23-2020 09:50 AM
    For those looking for how to support this, consider signing on to the 1.5C Committment ... 

    https://carbon-positive.org/commitment/


    ------------------------------
    Kira Gould
    Principal
    Kira Gould CONNECT
    Oakland CA
    ------------------------------

    Original Message