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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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time for leadership on climate

  • 1.  time for leadership on climate

    Posted 05-28-2019 12:50 PM
    I'm happy to see Metropolis cover this critical topic (especially given the magazine's role -- which I see as part of Susan S. Szenasy's immense legacy -- in bringing forward Architecture 2030 / Ed Mazria's calls to the industry in the early 2000s).
     
    There are signs of momentum afoot, but now is the time for a very strong move by the profession. It should and could come from the AIA. Whether it does or not, this is the moment for architects (and all their collaborators) to step up and push cities, the US, and the world toward the achievable impact of this sector.
     
    Reversing warming is possible. We know how to do zero net carbon now. Don't tell me why we can't: Look at the youngest generation in your family -- your Gretas -- and explain to them why we are not ready.
     
    https://www.metropolismag.com/architecture/building-sector-climate-change/
     
    #futurebydesign #sustainability #architecture #engineering #climatechange


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