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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.  Embodied Carbon-Why Now?

    Posted 15 days ago
    AIA LA 1.5C Symposium Keynote: Embodied Carbon, Why Now?
    A primer for everyone in the AEC Industry on Why and How to address Upfront Embodied Carbon in design and construction. Presented at AIA LA's 7th annual 1.5C Symposium on Climate Change. Now available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/f7HVPG4vXqA


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    Bill Caplan, Associate. AIA
    Author of "Thwart Climate Change Now: Reducing Embodied Carbon Brick by Brick"
    Environmental Law Institute ELI Press, November 2021
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