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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.  Embodied Carbon in Specifications Series

    Posted 11-07-2023 03:19 PM

    I'm Alexa Riner, new chair of the AIA Redwood Empire (Northern California) COTE, which has been sputtering along since it's creation a couple years ago. Starting Nov 15th, our chapter is offering FREE monthly virtual sessions all about embodied carbon. We'll cover performance specifications, issues specific to concrete, steel, and wood, and much more. These sessions will run through May of next year in preparation for the new embodied carbon code that AIA CA helped get in place in California. I've also reached out to the AIA East Bay COTE (Oakland, CA) to coordinate efforts as we're focusing more on the specifications side of things and they seem to be focusing on modeling tools. Check out our events page for updates as we add more and more workshops and to sign up for the Nov 15th session: Events - AIA Redwood Empire

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    Alexa Riner Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C, LFA
    Chair, AIARE COTE
    Sustainability Lead, Quattrocchi Kwok Architects
    Santa Rosa CA
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  • 2.  RE: Embodied Carbon in Specifications Series

    Posted 12-18-2023 08:56 AM

    We are offering our second session in the series next Wednesday from noon to 1pm Pacific time. Check it out and sign up here: https://aiare.org/events/cote-presents-webinar-2-of-7-lowering-concretes-carbon-footprint/ We are also working on setting these up as on-demand courses through our chapter website.



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    Alexa Riner Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C, LFA
    Chair, AIARE COTE
    Sustainability Lead, Quattrocchi Kwok Architects
    Santa Rosa CA
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  • 3.  RE: Embodied Carbon in Specifications Series

    Posted 01-22-2024 09:44 AM

    Third session in this series is this Wednesday, January 24 from noon to 1pm Pacific time. This one features sustainable concrete from the perspective of a concrete supplier. Read more at our chapter website. Please join us: https://aiare.org/events/cote-presents-3-of-7-embodied-carbon-series-zncd-webinars-sustainable-concrete/



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    Alexa Riner AIA, LEED AP BD+C, LFA
    Chair, AIARE COTE
    Sustainability Lead, Quattrocchi Kwok Architects
    Santa Rosa CA
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    Original Message