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An intention of all ACSA competitions is to make students aware that research is a fundamental element of any design solution. Students are encouraged to research the various measures of sustainability as well as precedent projects from professional practice. These tools and resources will get you started, however you may use whatever tools and resources are available to you.
References & Tools
- Curriculum Addendum
- AIA COTE website: https://network.aia.org/committeeontheenvironment/home
- AIA COTE Top Ten for Professionals Projects: https://www.aia.org/awards/7301-%20aia-cote-topten-%20awards
- Percent of storm water that is managed onsite: SPREADSHEET
- Architecture 2030: 2030 Palette, The Zero Tool: Architecture2030.org
- Athena Impact Estimator for Buildings: https://calculatelca.com/software/impact-estimator/
- Climate Consultant: http://www.energy-design-tools.aud.ucla.edu/climate-consultant/request-climate-consultant.php
- The Construction Carbon Calculator: http://buildcarbonneutral.org/
- DeKay, Mark and G.Z. Brown. Sun, wind & light: architectural design strategies. 3rd ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2014. Print.
- Hawken, Paul, Amory B. Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins. “Tunneling Through the Cost Barrier.” Natural capitalism: creating thenext industrial revolution. Snowmas CO: Rocky Mountain Institute, 2008. Available at: http://www.natcap.org/images/other/NCchapter6.pdf
- Kwok, Alison, and Walter Grondzik. The Green Studio Handbook, 3rd ed. Routledge, 2018. Print.
- La Roche, Pablo. Carbon Neutral Architectural Design. CRC Press, 2011. Print.
- Muller, Brook. Ecology and theArchitectural Imagination. Routledge, 2014.Print.
- PVWatts Calculator: http://pvwatts.nrel.gov/
- Wells, Malcolm. “ARegeneration-Based Checklist for Design and Construction,” Society of Building Science Educators, 2009. https://www.sbse.org/resources/
- The Zero Tool is used to compare a building’s design or an existing building’s energy use intensity (EUI) with similar building types, understand how a building achieved its EUI (via energy efficiency, on-site renewable energy, and/or green power purchases), and set EUI targets: https://zerotool.org/
Program Organizers
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) works to advance, disseminate, and advocate—to the profession, the building industry, theacademy, and the public— design practices that integrate built and natural systems and enhance both the design quality and environmental performance of the built environment. AIA COTE serves as the community and voice on behalf of AIA architects regarding sustainable design. The founding of the AIA COTE in 1990 grew from a series of conversations and debates that date back twenty years. Today AIA COTE celebrates a robust definition of sustainability that frames the process of sustainable design as one that includes the full range of human settlement and ecological issues. Since 1997 the AIA COTE Top Ten Awards program has honored professionals for practices that integrate built and natural systems and enhance both the design quality and environmental performance of the built environment. Information on the awards program and the AIA COTE Measures of Sustainable Design can be found on the AIA COTE website.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)
Leading Architectural Education and Research
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture is a nonprofit, membership association founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education. The school membership in ACSA has grown from 10 charter members to over 250 schools in several membership categories. These include full membership for all accredited programs in the United States and government-sanctioned schools in Canada, candidate membership for schools seeking accreditation, and affiliate membership for schools for two- year and international programs. Through these schools, over 5,000 architecture faculty members are represented. In addition, over 500 supporting members composed of architecture firms, product associations and individuals add to the breadth of interest and support of ACSA goals. ACSA provides a major forum for ideas on the leading edge of architectural thought. Issues that will affect the architectural profession in the future are being examined today in ACSA member schools.
Competition Sponsors
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