The AIA Virginia Committee on the Environment (VACOTE) has been awarded the Knowledge Community Grant for 2024.
Virginia COTE will be organizing a three-part workshop educating members on energy modeling tools, processes, and best practices. In support of the AIA’s overall climate goals, Virginia COTE seeks to elevate understanding of the AIA 2030 Commitment and disseminate expertise to meet the Commitment’s goals among architects and designers. This workshop will help members move their organizations towards meeting the challenge goal of carbon-neutral building by 2030.
The grant will support providing this educational opportunity to AIA Virginia members by facilitating in-person meetups in each regional chapter and by maintaining a low-cost fee structure to maximize participation while providing access to top-level expert instructors.
On June 26, AIA Blue Ridge hosted design professionals and elected officials for a collaborative building tour showcasing excellent sustainable design at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke, Virginia. The LEED Silver research institute by AECOM serves as a new model for biomedical and behavioral science as part of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute.
This tour was organized in part with Virginia COTE to promote and showcase achievements in sustainable design to local and state elected officials in Virginia. If you have worked on a project that exemplifies sustainable design excellence and would like to organize a building tour please reach out to Delaney Ogden at dogden@aiava.org.
AIA Virginia COTE is awarded the AIA Virginia Knowledge Community Grant! This grant will support a three-part workshop on energy modeling tools, processes, and best practices in October 2024. This workshop will help members move their organizations towards meeting the 2030 Challenge goal of carbon neutral building by 2030.
This hybrid workshop will explore early-stage concept modeling as well as robust whole building energy modeling with virtual experts and in-person networking and knowledge sharing. Look for more information and registration soon!
The VA COTE Steering Committee sincerely thanks the AIA Virginia Member Services Advisory Council for the generous support!
Join VA COTE and AIA Blue Ridge for a building tour of the LEED v4 Silver certified Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke, Virginia on June 26, 2024, 4-5 p.m. followed with a happy hour at Star Hill Brewery.
In July of 2020, the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC opened adjacent to the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute. Connected to the medical school and research institute by an enclosed elevated walkway. This 140,000 square foot research institute serves as a new model for biomedical and behavioral science. FBRI is a LEED v4 Silver certified building in Roanoke, Virginia.
Location: Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC 4 Riverside Circle, Roanoke, VA 24016
For additional information and to sign up, please click here.
We have a few open spots on the AIA Virginia Committee on the Environment Steering Committee and would love for you to join us. Coordination meetings are held virtually on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Contact info@aiava.org or dogden@aiava.org for more information.
The Committee on the Environment (COTE) is an AIA Virginia Knowledge Community working for architects, allied professionals, and the public to achieve climate action and climate justice through design. We believe that design excellence is the foundation of a healthy, sustainable, and equitable future. Our work promotes design strategies that empower all AIA members to realize the best social and environmental outcomes with the clients and the communities they serve.
Visit The Committee on the Environment page here to learn more!
The AIA Virginia Committee on the Environment (COTE) has been awarded a Knowledge Community Grant to present the 2030 Challenge series this summer to the members of AIA Virginia.
To help advance the AIA’s overall climate goals, Virginia COTE seeks to elevate understanding of the AIA 2030 Commitment, among architects and designers, and provide an actionable framework towards meeting the challenge goal of carbon-neutral building by 2030.
Watch your inbox and www.aiava.org for upcoming details on these lunchtime viewings and discussions. All sessions will be offered at no charge to AIA Virginia members and be 1.25 to 1.5 elective LUs (pending.)
In a continuation of COTE’s Embodied Carbon 101 series, Virginia’s Historic Resources Committee presents “Embodied Carbon and Adaptive Use.”
Existing buildings represent significant investments in energy and resources, so it stands to reason that one of the best ways of reducing embodied carbon is to adapt and reuse them. Discover strategies for maximizing the potential of the already embodied carbon in existing building stock.
Virginia’s Committee on the Environment (COTE) is pleased to announce the launch of Embodied Carbon 101. The 12-part series is free and takes place weekly on Tuesdays from noon–1:30 p.m. Each segment of the series features pre-recorded content followed by discussion and Q&A period with a subject matter expert.
Embodied Carbon 101 is designed to help designers understand embodied carbon and immediately apply that knowledge to projects to reduce emissions and get to zero carbon.
Unlike operational carbon, which can be reduced during a building’s lifetime, embodied carbon is “locked in” as soon as a building is completed. Over 12 courses, you’ll learn how to measure, manage, and implement practical solutions from expert practitioners including architects and sustainable building product manufacturers. Buildings contribute about 40% of the world’s carbon emissions, and embodied carbon is a big slice of the pie. Let’s all do our part to get to zero together.
