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May 2019
COTE: Life-Cycle Assessments
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment to discuss the strategy of Life-cycle analyses to reduce carbon impact in building design. Read more
June 2019
COTE: Resistence is Futile. Resilience is About Recovery
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment and Steve Moddemeyer for a robust discussion on mirroring natural resilience for mending our buildings and infrastructure for a more sustainable future. Read more
July 2019
COTE: Understanding Air Quality – From the Outside In
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for an interdisciplinary discussion on air quality, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. Read more
August 2019
COTE: Pax Futura Building Tour
Join Committee on the Environment for a tour of Seattle’s first Passive House-certified multifamily development. Read more
September 2019
COTE: AIA COTE Top Ten Toolkit
The COTE Top Ten Toolkit is a resource, accessible to all architects, that closes the information gap to designing high performing, equitable, beautiful buildings. Read more
COTE: Guided Tour of Solis Multifamily Passive House
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for a tour of the unique Solis Multifamily Passive House development in Capitol Hill. Read more
October 2019
COTE: Highrise Multifamily & Energy Efficiency
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for a discussion on highrise multifamily energy efficiency with three leading design practitioners. Read more
November 2019
COTE: Building Tune-Ups in Seattle
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment to discuss recent building “tune-up” legislation in the city of Seattle. Read more
December 2019
COTE: Year-End Happy Hour + 2020 Planning
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for a happy hour and planning session to celebrate 2019 and look ahead at 2020. Read more
March 2020
CALL-IN ONLY – Committee Meeting: COTE
March meeting is CALL-IN ONLY Read more
April 2020
WEBINAR: Virtual Collaborative Spaces with Sheryl Cababa
Join AIA Seattle for a short, live webinar on how to facilitate creative collaboration virtually. Read more
WEBINAR: Digital Firm Management Solutions with Carlos Obando
Join AIA Seattle for a live webinar on technological solutions for remote firm management and client relationships. Read more
Action Now: Accelerating Pathways to Decarbonization
For many years, our focus as a professional association has been on reducing or eliminating operating carbon from new buildings. But the significant scale and urgent timeframe of our climate crisis demand interventions that are broad and immediate, and that recognize decarbonization is directly correlated to health, safety, and equity in our communities. Considering: 1) Reducing embodied carbon in new construction, including the construction process; 2) Electrification of buildings; and 3) Retrofitting existing buildings, this year’s thought leadership summit will explore high-impact actions in…
ONLINE ONLY – Committee Meeting: COTE
**The April COTE meeting is call-in only.** Read more
COTE: 2020 Earth Day Sustainability Slam
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee for its annual Earth Day sustainability slam, this year as a live webinar! Read more
WEBINAR: Coping With Coronavirus – Design Firm Challenges
Join AIA Seattle sponsors AP | Hall & Company for a webinar on insurance- and legal-related challenges from COVID-19. Read more
May 2020
ONLINE – Committee Meeting: COTE
**May’s COTE meeting is online or call-in only.** Read more
COTE: Equity in Renewables
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for presentation on incorporating equity into renewable development. Read more
UDF + COTE: Seattle 2100 – Sci-Fact Future – PNW
Rescheduled: Join AIA Seattle’s Urban Design Forum and Committee on the Environment for a discussion on the true future of the region, looking dystopian, utopian, or apocalyptic. Read more
June 2020
COTE + Harvard Club of Seattle: Martha Schwartz – Rethinking Design in the Age of Climate Crisis
Dive into a discussion on with Martha Schwartz, Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture, founding member of Harvard’s Working Group for Sustainable Cities, and internationally-renowned innovator in design and climate change mitigation. Read more
ONLINE – Committee Meeting: COTE
**The June COTE meeting is online only. Click for details.** Read more
July 2020
NEW DATE: COTE: Integrated Design – Looking Back and Looking Forward
**NEW DATE** Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for a robust panel on integrated design and its utility in producing higher-performance buildings. Read more
September 2020
Committee Meeting: COTE
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for their monthly meeting. All are welcome! Read more
December 2020
COTE: Virtual Happy Hour + 2021 Planning
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for their annual year-end happy hour and planning meeting. Read more
January 2021
Committee Meeting: Committee on the Environment
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Tuesday. Open to AIA Seattle members and allied professions. Read more
March 2021
COTE: Pathways to Decarbonization: Seattle Public Schools
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for its next program focused on success stories in the path to decarbonization, focused on work being done with Seattle Public Schools. Read more
April 2021
COTE: Building Electrification and 2030 Districts
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for a showcase of current electrified new buildings, as indicators of where the city of Seattle is headed in pursuit of its 2030 efficiency goals. Read more
COTE: 2021 Earth Day Sustainability Slam
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee for its annual Earth Day sustainability slam, this year as a live webinar! Read more
May 2021
COTE: University of Washington’s Pathway to Decarbonization: Planning, Policy and Practice
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for its next “Pathway to Decarbonization” program, focusing on University of Washington’s efforts. Read more
Just Transition: Upstream and Downstream Impacts of Decarbonization
AEC professionals are working on design and policy changes to rapidly eliminate carbon emissions from our built environment. What are the upstream and downstream impacts of these changes on jobs, housing affordability, health and communities? What additional considerations and voices should be brought into our decision-making processes? How can we push aggressively towards our climate goals while simultaneously supporting the call for justice and human rights that 2020 has reminded us to answer? Considering the transitions toward 1) the electrification…
Driving Equity Now | Just Transition: Upstream and Downstream Impacts of Decarbonization
AIA Seattle presents Just Transition: Upstream and Downstream Impacts of Decarbonization. Join us online, May 17-19, 2021 for AIA Seattle’s 2021 (Virtual) Climate Leadership Summit exploring the equity and social justice impacts of a transition to clean energy sources, materials, and processes. The Summit will conclude with keynote Carlton Eley’s presentation Driving Equity Now. Researchers and advocates; stewards of the built environment; and proponents for sustainability are coming to realize that finding creative ways to encourage equitable development does not…
August 2021
DATE CHANGE – Committee Meeting: Committee on the Environment
**AUGUST DATE CHANGE** Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Tuesday. Open to AIA Seattle members and allied professions. Read more
November 2021
CANCELLED – Committee Meeting: Committee on the Environment
**THIS MONTH’S MEETING IS CANCELLED.** Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for its monthly meeting, taking place every third Tuesday. Open to AIA Seattle members and allied professions. Read more
December 2021
COTE: Decarbonizing Healthcare
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for its December program, focusing on medical facilities’ impact on the carbon in our built environment. Read more
January 2022
Committee Meeting: Committee on the Environment
Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for its monthly meeting occurring every third Tuesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members alike. Read more
March 2022
DATE CHANGE – Committee Meeting: Committee on the Environment
**MARCH MEETING DATE CHANGE** Join AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment for its monthly meeting occurring every third Tuesday at 12pm. Open to architects and allied professionals, members and non-members alike. Read more
