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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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  • 1.  Zero Carbon Architecture: the Business Case

    Posted 05-24-2019 10:48 AM
    An historic, rapid transformation of our built environment to zero net carbon emissions is absolutely crucial if we are to secure a resilient, hopeful future for our children and grandchildren. Architects should not fear this future – we should enthusiastically embrace it as a groundbreaking moment for leadership in our communities, for greater meaning and relevance in our work, and for untold growth in our marketplace.

    Former COTE chair Bill Leddy, FAIA, writes in arcCA digest (the journal of AIA California):

    http://arccadigest.org/zero-carbon-architecture-the-business-case/

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    Kira Gould
    Principal
    Kira Gould CONNECT
    Oakland CA
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  • 2.  RE: Zero Carbon Architecture: the Business Case

    Posted 05-28-2019 12:50 PM
    I have a design concept for a High Performance Smart House  http://www.boks-house.com that could be partially prefabricated and delivered to the site.  I believe that it would be best built in southwest as it has solar and rain water harvesting attributes.  Does anyone have a developer friend to get this type of project off the ground?