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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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Premier sponsors: Sherwin-Williams
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opportunities for our industry in the Green New Deal

  • 1.  opportunities for our industry in the Green New Deal

    Posted 04-08-2019 03:44 PM

    Alex Wilson on The Green New Deal-an Opportunity for the Green Building Industry:
    https://www.buildinggreen.com/op-ed/green-new-deal-opportunity-green-building-industry

    "No industry will have a more important role to play in the Green New Deal than our design and construction industry. Our buildings account for about half of U.S. carbon emissions-more if you factor in energy consumption getting people to and from the buildings and communities we create-and especially if they're placed outside of existing population centers. We must shoulder a lot of the responsibility in this broad goal. We have to bring the carbon emissions from the building industry to zero and/or figure out ways to compensate for our collective emissions through carbon sequestration. A significant part of this effort will involve dramatic reductions in the embodied carbon of our building materials."



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    Kira Gould
    Principal
    Kira Gould CONNECT
    Oakland CA
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