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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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Just Released: Free New Tools for Planning Low-Carbon Buildings

  • 1.  Just Released: Free New Tools for Planning Low-Carbon Buildings

    Posted 02-02-2023 02:53 PM

    This free on-demand course just released by AIA California as part of its mission to help design professionals reduce our collective carbon footprint.

    Free New Tools for Planning Low-Carbon Buildings

    New tools allow for actionable carbon reduction strategies and goals to be set at the beginning of a project when data is scarce but the potential for carbon emissions reduction is high. This session reviews how architects can use these tools during pre-design to chart a course to decarbonization, present the most impactful low-carbon design strategies to clients, and carry these strategies through the project life cycle. Presenters demonstrate the open access Early Phase Integrated Carbon (EPIC) assessment to model buildings and discuss the results. The session also reviews methods and assumptions for early-phase carbon modeling to understand the model results in greater detail while illustrating the finer points of planning low-carbon buildings.

    This on-demand course is hosted by aecKnowledge, AIA California's on-demand continuing education partner.
    (Disclaimer: aecKnowledge.com owned and operated by Michael Strogoff, FAIA)



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    Michael Strogoff, FAIA
    Strategic Advisor
    Chair Emeritus, PMKC Advisory Group
    Strogoff Consulting
    Mill Valley, CA 94941
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