Three NorCal Winners Among AIA/COTE�s Top 10 Green Projects
The American Institute of Architects� Committee on the Environment (AIA/COTE) named three Northern California projects within the Top Ten Green projects for 2010.
The COTE Top Ten Green Projects program, now in its 14th 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.