AIA Dallas Committee on the Environment

2014 brings the AIA Dallas' AIA+2030 Professional Series

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 21:42:00 +0000

As the year ends we look back on our accomplishments and remember the good times, but we also look forward to the bright future ahead of us and this year we are very excited to have the AIA+2030 Professional Series presented by Big Ass Fans! AIA Dallas’ AIA+2030 Professional Series will provide plenty of take-home materials so that the staff members you send to each class will come back ready to share. You can send the same people to the entire 10-session series, or spread the wealth by allowing someone new to “take your seat” each month.

Sign up today for early bird pricing! First sessions starts February 10th!

Our Keynote speaker will be Ed Mazria! Your ticket for the series, also includes a ticket to this keynote event.

Ed is the founder of Architecture 2030 and developed and issued the 2030 Challenge. He speaks nationally and internationally on the subject of architecture, design, energy and climate change and has taught architecture at several universities including the University of New Mexico, University of Oregon and UCLA.

Speakers that will be taking part of our series, just to name “a few” include:

Robin Guenther- Global Sustainable Healthcare Design Leader & Principal for Perkins+Will and co-author of Sustainable Healthcare Architecture, Second Edition.

Heather Holdridge - Sustainability Manager at Lake Flato Architects

Kim Shinn - Principal and Senior Sustainability Consultant with TLC Engineering for Architecture. Also part of the USGBC Board of Directors from 2006 to 2009.

Julie Hendricks - architect at Kirksey Architecture

Bob Meckfessel - President of DSGN Associates

Steve Done - Principal and engineer at ARUP

Kevin Hydes - CEO of Integral Group. Co Founder of the Canada Green Building Council and Chair of USGBC from 2005 to 2007.

Bungane Meholmakulu - Director of Austin, TX Office at Integral Group

Gerald Kettler – Managing Principal, CEO and Founder of The Centre for Building Performance

Mary Ann Lazarus - FAIA, Firmwide Director of Sustainable Design at HOK

Z Smith – Principal & Director of Sustainability & Building Performance at Eskew+Dumez+Ripple

For more information and to register, find our link here: http://www.aiadallas.org/cde.cfm?event=418828

AIA Dallas 2030 Professional Series

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 22:21:00 +0000

We had quite a few people join us at the Margarita Monday event promoting the AIA Dallas 2030 Professional Series that will be starting in February 2014! Sign up in December to receive early bird pricing and lock in your seat to learn how we can meet The 2030 Challenge in Dallas!

www.aiadallas.org

AIA Dallas 2030 Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 21:44:00 +0000

AIA Dallas is excited for the upcoming AIA 2030 Professional Series. Please join us for an informal presentation at the DCFA on Monday, October 7th to learn more and sign up for the series. To learn more about the 2030 Challenge, visit the website at http://architecture2030.org/ and to sign up for the Monday night event visit the website at http://www.aiadallas.org/cde.cfm?event=417119.

Living Building Challenge Workshop

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:56:00 +0000

This workshop provides a 6-hour in depth dive into the Living Building Challenge. To learn more and register: http://living-future.org/events/upcoming/lbc

Keep it Green. Keep it Real. Keep it Short.

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:26:00 +0000

On Monday, September 16th the AIA COTE Committee presented at AIA Dallas’ Firm Talk series “You’ve Got 5 Minutes Kid.” The presenters had a wide level of topics, but all with the common theme of sustainability and a focus on the environment, “Keep it Green. Keep it Real. Keep it Short.”

Presenters (ordered left to right):
Laura Eder, AIA – GFF

Patrick Jones, AIA – Smith Group

Mary Dickinson, Assoc. AIA – Perkins+Will
Louis Sierra, AIA – Beck Architecture
Beth Brant, AIA – BRW

Sam Watkins, AIA – Corgan

Tricia Loe – Quest Sustainability

Ellen Mitchell, AIA – HKS

Mary Dickinson was the first presenter and her topic key word was Burden. She discussed how much time we spend indoors and the very few banned toxic chemicals in the indoor atmosphere. Mary stated that as designers, we should respond to the information we have and not building unhealthy buildings. Patrick Jones presented the topic Breathe. He discussed flame retardant materials and pushing for assemblies that don’t have harmful chemicals. Louis Sierra’s topic Renewal showed how the greenest building, is the one that is already built. Tricia Loe presented on her Zero Waste experiment and encouraged the audience to start their own recycle and compost bins.

After the break, Ellen Mitchell presented her topic Impact and expanding the definition of sustainability by the Social Environmental Economic Design (SEED) Network. Laura Eder presented the opportunity for a sustainability rating to Change the way we look at a rating system by a case study of the Green Globes certification on the Perot Museum on Nature and Science when compared to LEED. Beth Brant stated that the IgCC is Imminent and that everyone should just sit down and read it. Sam Watkins presented Relationships and how it is important to understand the life cycle analysis of a building or equipment and how your personal relationships can directly affect them.

Thank you to all who attended the presentation and come visit the COTE Committee at our next Committee Meeting at the DCFA!

BRIT Tour Follow Up

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 18:44:00 +0000

For those who didn't get to attend the BRIT Tour last Thursday, it was wonderful and worth the drive. I have to say, they had one of the few green-roofs in Texas that I have seen in good shape and the native landscape surrounding the facility was a beautiful change. Please enjoy the selection of photos below. In addition, we had a great time partnering with the Fort Worth's Committee on the Environment and North Texas USGBC chapter to make this tour possible.

We hope to see you at the next tour!

-AIA COTE

Entrance

Green Roof

Interior Atrium

Geo Exchange

Garden Trail

The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) is an organization whose very mission is dedicated to the care and stewardship of the environment. Appropriately, they built their new building to the “highest level of green”. The 70,000 square foot building earned the

LEED© for New Construction Platinum certification.

Tour of The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT)- 1 HSW + GBCI - TOMORROW

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:19:00 +0000

Just a last reminder the BRIT Tour is tomorrow presented by AIA Dallas COTE, AIA Fort Worth & USGBC North Texas.

Description:
The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) is an organization whose very mission is dedicated to the care and stewardship of the environment. Appropriately, they built their new building to the “highest level of green”. The 70,000 square foot building earned the LEED© for New Construction Platinum certification.

The BRIT building features numerous sustainable features, but perhaps the most noticeable one is its green roof. On this tour you’ll learn more about the green roof as well as other energy-saving strategies that result in an estimated $37,000 per year in energy savings. You’ll also learn about the many other strategies used in the design and construction of the BRIT building to help earn a Platinum certification.

After the tour we will meet at Brownstone for Happy Hour. Brownstone is located just around the corner from BRIT in Fort Worth’s West 7th District, at 840 Currie Street, on the NW corner of Currie and Crockett.

Registration:
http://www.aiadallas.org/cde.cfm?event=411603

Hope to see you!
- AIA COTE

Free Workshop on LEEDv4

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:24:00 +0000

Jordan & Skala Engineers present a FREE workshop on LEEDv4! Check out the attached flyer for more information.

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:23:00 +0000

AIA COTE Scholarship - Help get the word out!

Please spread the word in your regions.If you have contacts at universities, please make sure they and their students are aware of the opportunity.

http://www.aias.org/website/article.asp?id=2768

Brandt Companies Corporate Headquarters Tour

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:00:00 +0000

AIA Members gathering before the tour

AIA Dallas COTE Committee sponsored a tour of Brandt Corporate Headquarters on March 6th. This tour was set up to review this LEED Gold facility and see many sustainable features. Brandt engineers lead the tour with members of the design team from Good Fulton and Farrell Architects and Interiors.

Discussing the Rainwater Harvesting System

Some major highlights include:

-BIM Modeling/ Coordination Room
-Rainwater Harvesting using Siphonic Roof Drainage Systems
-Solar Water Heating
-Condensate Recovery
-Geothermal Heat Exchange
-Skylights for Daylight Harvesting

This tour was not only a good learning experience of sustainable features in action, but it also showed that good environmental design can be functional and visually appealing.

Thank you to Brandt for an informative tour and to our sponsors, AIA Dallas COTE and Axiom.

-Laura

Interdisciplinary Design in Education?

noreply@blogger.com (sam) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:45:00 +0000

A topic close to my own heart popped up this morning on the COTE Knowledge Community. Architect Peter Papesch is petitioning the AIA & NAAB to make interdisciplinary design an explicit requirement of accredited programs:

Thread: Preparing future architects for interdisciplinary design collaboration

Petition: Require of graduating architects full competence to design energy-neutral buildings

Sam

CCPI 2012

noreply@blogger.com (sam) — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:23:00 +0000

The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) for 2012 is out. You might wonder how the US of A did, but the first thing to note is that no country landed on the podium. Spots 1, 2 and 3 were left vacant because their multi-criteria model didn't rank any country in the world above a 70, or "Very Good". The "Good" category (spots 4 through 14) was largely occupied by the expected Western European nations. Mexico is a notable exception, coming in at 10. Just about everyone else falls between that point and the US. At 52, only 9 other countries performed more poorly than America. I was personally a bit surprised to see Australia come in at 48, given their recent adoption of a national carbon reduction plan. I guess it'll take more time for that to kick into gear. Our generally progressive friends to the north manage to fall a couple spots below us on this one. I'd imagine this is largely accounted for by their headlong pursuit of tar-sands development. Complete results are available here:

http://germanwatch.org/en/3528

Sam

Switch Energy Project - Dallas Screening

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:44:00 +0000

COTE is presenting the Dallas premiere of SWITCH this Tuesday, 12/4, at the Magnolia. Tickets are $10 and include AIA CE credit. Tickets can be purchased here: http://aiaswitch.eventbrite.com/#

Ask McKibben Anything: How to Talk to Climate Skeptics?

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:03:00 +0000

Contributors Wanted

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:21:00 +0000

We know there are many AIA members in the area that can't make it to the regular meetings at the DCFA. You can still be involved in COTE right here on our blog, our Facebook page and our Twitter feed. Drop us a line if you are interested in helping to keep our online presence vital ( dfwgreenarchitecture@gmail.com ).

November CES Classes

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:56:00 +0000

There are two CES classes focusing on sustainability issues coming up soon. On November 6th, Zaida Basora, FAIA presents An Overview of the 2012 IgCC and ASHRAE 189.1. On the 27th, Weatherization Partners presents Sustainable Building Enclosure Design. Both offer HSW/SD credits.

Brandt Engineering Tour

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:22:00 +0000

In our survey to the chapter earlier this year, there was an overwhelming demand for building tours. Toward that end, we've arranged for a tour of the LEED Gold certified Brandt Engineering headquarters designed by GFF next Tuesday, the 18th. AIA and GBCI credits are included!

Check the AIA website for registration:

http://www.aiadallas.org/cde.cfm?event=393737

Special thanks go to Michael Kawecki and Malina Tifrea.

Architecture on Tap

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:29:00 +0000

The July edition of Architecture on Tap, brought to you by the AIA Dallas Associates Committee, will follow next Thursday's NTX Sustainable Showcase. Head down to The Mason Bar to hoist a pint and hear Benje Feehan of bcWorkshop, Larry Good, Principal at Good Fulton & Farrell and Monica Heid, Community Projects Manager for the City of Richardson discuss sustainability, culture and urbanism. It is $12 in advance or $15 at the door.

http://www.aiadallas.org/cde.cfm?event=389684

3rd Annual Clean Air Action Day Set for July 7

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:05:00 +0000

Air North Texas challenges us all to do one extra thing for clean air between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Let us know how you plan to take action.

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:51:00 +0000

Save the date for the 5^th annual North Texas Sustainable Showcase. The USGBC North Texas Chapter, the CSI Dallas Chapter, and AIA Dallas’ Committee on the Environment have joined together to host a showcase of the latest green building products and technologies for commercial and residential use. This year’s showcase will focus on the themes of Water and Energy Conservation. It will take place at the Dallas Center for Architecture from 12:30 to 5:00pm on Thursday, July 19^th. Showcase is for Architects, Engineers, Interior Designers, Developers, Contractors, Owners, Facilities Managers and others interested in the sustainable building industry.

Registration: http://www.aiadallas.org/cde.cfm?event=388183

AIA COTE 2012 Top Ten Projects Announced

noreply@blogger.com (sam) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:55:00 +0000

From the AIA national office in DC:

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and enhance the environment. The projects will be honored at the AIA 2012 National Convention and Design Exposition in Washington, D.C.

The COTE Top Ten Green Projects program, now in its 16th year, is the profession's best known recognition program for sustainable design excellence. The program celebrates projects that are the result of a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems and technology. They make a positive contribution to their communities, improve comfort for building occupants and reduce environmental impacts through strategies such as reuse of existing structures, connection to transit systems, low-impact and regenerative site development, energy and water conservation, use of sustainable or renewable construction materials, and design that improves indoor air quality.

The 2012 COTE Top Ten Green Projects jury includes: Clark S. Brockman, AIA, SERA Architects, Inc.; Steve L. Dumez, FAIA, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple Architects; Scott Shell, FAIA, EHDD Architecture; Laura Lee, FAIA, Carnegie Mellon University; Paul Schwer, PAE Consulting Engineers and Sue Barnett, Sue Barnett Sustainable Design.

http://www.aia.org/press/releases/AIAB094197

Architecture Month CEUs

noreply@blogger.com (DFWGA) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:59:00 +0000

In addition to the IgCC session we mentioned last week, there are two other SD credits coming up in April:

04/12 - Residential Energy Code Update & Software Compliance Workshop - 6 Total HSW/SD

04/19 - SBIM-Enabled Set-Based Design for Net-Zero Energy Buildings - 2 HSW/SD

Upcoming IgCC Session

noreply@blogger.com (sam) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:43:00 +0000

Our friends on the Codes & Standards Committee have put a session about the 2012 International Green Construction Code together:

Codes & Standards Committee Presents: “Green Code Updates—An overview of ASHRAE 189.1-2011 and the 2012 IgCC” (1 HSW/ADA CE)

April 24, 2012

Noon to 1pm - Lunch will be provided

This session will provide an overview of two baseline regulatory policy options. ASHRAE Standard 189.1-2011, produced by the USGBC, ASHRAE and IESNA, is a comprehensive green building standard developed in model code language; it provides minimum mandatory requirements for high-performance, green buildings and complements green building rating systems. It can be used as an optional compliance path for chapters 4 through 12 of the 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC). The IgCC was developed by the International Code Council (ICC) in conjunction with the AIA and ASTM. It is coordinated with the other ICC model codes and is intended for adoption and use with those codes. It provides criteria for site development and land use, material resource and conservation, energy efficiency and air quality, water resource conservation, indoor environmental quality, building O&M, and provisions for existing buildings.

Register: http://www.aiadallas.org/cde.cfm?event=382283

I'm planning on attending and I'll post highlights to the comments.

- Sam

Upcoming Spring Cleaning

noreply@blogger.com (sam) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:31:00 +0000

Dallas residents can form a trash-bustin' posse to help clean up city parks by participating in the 2nd annual It's My Park Day to be held on March 31st. Richardsonians (like me!) have a bit of headstart as the city will be holding the 18th annual Trash Bash on April 7th. More local events can be found under the Great American Cleanup program sponsored by Keep America Beautiful. Please post any others to the comments.

Survey to Chapter

noreply@blogger.com (sam) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:01:00 +0000

The AIA Dallas Committee on the Environment (COTE) is interested in hearing from our fellow chapter members. Please take a few moments and give us some feedback. Thanks for your time!

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