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AIA Richmond COTE
Started in October 2007, the Richmond
AIA COTE is working to assist the City of Richmond’s 2030
Challenge implementation. Along with scheduling timelines and
moving toward meeting challenges already proposed, the Richmond
COTE will provide tools to all stakeholders to assist in the
transition to a carbon neutral economy in Richmond. The methodology
developed during this process will be directly transferable to
other localities in the region as well as the Commonwealth.
We instituted the following initiatives and allowed those
interested to sign on to one or more: City Master Plan
Coordination, “Carbon Czar” Hiring, Online
Measurement/Resource Tool Development, Practitioner's Tool,
Baseline Measurements Team, Educational Programs, Green Business
Incubation and Outreach, Pilot Programs, City Department Advocacy,
& Incentives. We also elect a "shepherd" for a three-month term
to make sure all of the initiative groups are measuring their
progress.
Currently we’re setting up meetings with City officials to
promote the hiring of the Director for a Department of the
Environment and to help the City sign on with the International
Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) so that a
sustainability baseline can be established. We’ve also started
a program with the local Habitat for Humanity to green their
housing program.
AIA Chattanooga COTE
The AIA Chattanooga chapter of the Committee on
the Environment has recently been established, still less than
a year old. Our mission (below) is intended to supplement, rather
than duplicate, the efforts of various other bodies of people
throughout the city in its accelerating move towards environmental
sustainability.
Due to the developmental and early stages status of our
organization we are still flexible in how we fit into the cogs of
the city’s green movement. So far and increasingly, lately, we
have been focusing on helping the city institute changes to
effectively green the building industry. We have explored
strategies used by other municipalities, begun researching existing
and available adopted codes, established partnerships with the
city’s Land Development office and the local Green|Spaces
Initiative, and helped develop a portion of the local AIA
chapter’s 12-month schedule of Lunch and Learn enrichment
programs.
Mission Statement: The Chattanooga Chapter of the Committee on the
Environment works to build on the area’s legacy of
environmental stewardship by advancing knowledge of regionally
specific, sustainable planning and building practices and
disseminating this knowledge primarily to the design profession and
secondarily to the building industry and public.
AIA San Francisco COTE
Changing the way buildings and developments are planned, designed
and constructed is a critical component in the fight against global
warming. The AIA has endorsed the 2030 Challenge which seeks to
achieve a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to
counteract hazardous climate trends already set in motion. To help
Bay Area firms become a part of the solution, AIASF COTE developed
a Sustainability Salon Series. Each month explores a different
aspect of the 2030 Challenge and promises to offer the necessary
tools to make carbon neutral buildings a reality.
• The 2030 Challenge: San Francisco Firms and Their Approach,
Lynn Olechnowicz, Scott Shell, Dan Smith 2/28/08
• The Short Road to Net Zero Energy, Jim Benya, 3/27/08
• Approaching the 2030 Challenge Through Integrated Design and
Delivery, Sean Culman, Sandy Mendler, John Andary, Ted van der
Linden,4/24/08
• The 2030 Targets: CBECS and Energy Models, 5/22/08
• The New Green Office: Zero Energy and Zero Carbon (Z2), Dr.
Arthur Rosenfeld, 6/26/08
• Case Studies of Zero Net Energy Homes, 7/24/08
• Passive and Low Energy Building Systems , 9/25/08
• Evaluating the Embodied Energy of Building Materials,
10/23/08
These sessions can be found on the AIA San Francisco COTE web site.
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