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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

  • 1.  2030 is now

    Posted 07-09-2021 01:51 PM

    2030 is now. Ed Mazria + Vincent Martinez, in ARCHITECT magazine: 

    "... the International Energy Agency called for the world to stop all new gas, oil, and coal development this year in order to have a chance at meeting the Paris Agreement 1.5˚C limit. For that to happen, we need an immediate and fundamental global shift in the way we plan and design the built environment. For architects, engineers, and planners (AEP), this means designing and renovating buildings and developments to operate with only renewable energy..." 

    See the article here: https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/carbonpositive-accelerating-the-2030-challenge-to-2021_o

     

    #climateaction
    #2030isnow
    #2050issurrender


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