In this issue:
Letter from the chair
By Betsy del Monte, FAIA
With appreciation to our juries and reviewers, we are delighted to announce the 2021 winners of the COTE Top Ten Awards and the COTE Top Ten for Students Competition. We’ll toast them all (online) on May 20.
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Network News: COTE Chapter Guide launches
By Kendall Claus, AIA
The COTE Chapter guide offers best practices, context, examples, and other resources to COTE chapters or related groups operating or stating in local or state AIA components.
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Creating a Sustainability Action Plan: A guide to making it work for your firm
By Kira Gould
The AIA 2030 Working Group has released an important new resource – Creating a Sustainability Action Plan that works. Firms of any scale will find its wisdom useful.
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The AIA Materials Pledge: Accountability in Action
By Anne Hicks Harney, FAIA
Firms can sign on to a Materials Pledge to signal their support for materials that support human health and climate action.
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Advocacy update: Raise Your Voice Today
By Mike Davis, FAIA
AIA Advocacy is engaged with Capitol Hill on a number of measures. And there’s still time to contact your representatives in support of the American Jobs Plan.
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The Problem with Exceptional Buildings
By Patrick Sisson | ARCHITECT (April 2021, Zonda Media)
To truly cut carbon, architects must design better systems, not singular structures.
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Partner Content: Understanding the potential of energy retrofits
By ROCKWOOL
Existing building renovation is critical to cities’ efforts to reduce energy use intensity and greenhouse gas emissions. AIA partner ROCKWOOL discusses the opportunities.
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