2017 COTE Top Ten
Setting the standard in design and sustainability

The Stanford University Central Energy Facility replaces a 100 percent fossil-fuel-based cogeneration plant with primarily electrical power—65 percent of which comes from renewable sources.
AIA and the Committee on the Environment (COTE) announce this year’s recipients of the COTE Top Ten Awards, the industry’s premier program celebrating great design and great performance. Now in their 21st year, the Top Ten Awards highlight projects that meet COTE’s rigorous criteria for social, economic, and ecological value.
Since 2014, past Top Ten recipients have been invited to submit post-occupancy data and narratives to be recognized with a single COTE Top Ten Plus award each year. In 2017, these separate tracks are merged: The ‘Plus’ designation now denotes projects with exemplary performance data and post occupancy lessons.
Bristol Community College John J. Sbrega Health and Science Building
The COTE (Committee on the Environment) Top Ten Awards is the industry’s best-known awards program for sustainable design excellence.
Brock Environmental Center
The COTE Top Ten ‘Plus’ designation denotes exemplary performance data and post occupancy lessons.
Chatham University Eden Hall Campus
The COTE (Committee on the Environment) Top Ten Awards is the industry’s best-known awards program for sustainable design excellence.
Discovery Elementary School
The COTE (Committee on the Environment) Top Ten Awards is the industry’s best-known awards program for sustainable design excellence.
Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage & Spring Street Salt Shed
The COTE (Committee on the Environment) Top Ten Awards is the industry’s best-known awards program for sustainable design excellence.
Milken Institute School of Public Health
The COTE (Committee on the Environment) Top Ten Awards is the industry’s best-known awards program for sustainable design excellence.
Ng Teng Fong General Hospital & Jurong Community Hospital
The COTE (Committee on the Environment) Top Ten Awards is the industry’s best-known awards program for sustainable design excellence.
NOAA Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center
The COTE (Committee on the Environment) Top Ten Awards is the industry’s best-known awards program for sustainable design excellence
R.W. Kern Center
The COTE (Committee on the Environment) Top Ten Awards is the industry’s best-known awards program for sustainable design excellence
Stanford University Central Energy Facility
The COTE (Committee on the Environment) Top Ten Awards is the industry’s best-known awards program for sustainable design excellence
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