Exhibits and events at booth 2151

AIA is proud to partner with Greenbuild—the premier event for sustainable building. Visit AIA national’s booth #2151 for an inspirational display of award-winning work, microsessions on our sustainability initiatives, and other events. Learn more about the AIA National booth >

Free event: COTE Top Ten celebration

4:30-6pm on Thursday Oct 6

We hope you can join us to mark the release of our new COTE Top Ten measures at Greenbuild! COTE is very excited to share these updated measures in anticipation of the 2017 awards cycle. Be on the lookout for a series of articles by COTE Advisory Group member Z Smith explaining the new measures in detail.

The West Berkeley Public Library is California’s first certified zero net energy public library and is a 2016 COTE Top Ten recipient. It will be featured in The AIA's Habitat III Showcase. Photo: David Wakely Photography

Exhibit: Get a sneak peek of AIA’s Habitat III Showcase!

The third United Nations Conference on Housing and Urban Sustainable Development (Habitat III) will take place in Quito, Ecuador this October. In anticipation of this historic meeting, the AIA will showcase an exciting global sustainable development exhibit curated by Ned Cramer, Editor-in-Chief of Architect magazine, and Daniel Friedman, FAIA, PhD, Dean and Professor of the School of Architecture at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Stop by booth 2151 to see award-winning projects from across the Institute, and learn how AIA members are making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

With over 200 sessions being offered this year, there's no shortage of educational opportunities. Here's a list of speakers from the COTE network we're excited to hear from:

• Through his work in educational facilities, Boston COTE co-chair Steven Burke has been navigating the LEED v4 materials processes under the constraints of a public bid system. His session tackles the sourcing and documentation process with an emphasis on collaboration.
• Living Product Challenge Director James Connelly is taking the classroom outdoors for a session on biomimicry and how manufacturing and industrial production could have a positive impact on the environment and society
• Jean Hansen was a core committee member in the development of the USGBC’s LEED Healthcare rating system. She’ll help you understand how the LiVe Well program was developed and how to identify specific design strategies that support it.
• How does biophillic design move beyond the “green wall”? Pittsburgh COTE member Pete Jefferson is exploring this topic in a session about Google's Real Estate & Workplace Services (REWS) Team and their Biophilic Design Framework.
• Former New York COTE Chair Ilana Judah recently served on Mayor de Blasio’s 80x50 Technical Working Group. She’s bringing this experience to a session on skyscraper resiliency and how large urban centers can be adapted for climate change events.
• In addition to her work on the COTE National Advisory Group, Mary Ann Lazarus leads a consultancy focused on increasing sustainability and resiliency in the built environment. Her interactive two-hour session will teach you how to use the new LEED resilient design pilot credits IPpc98, IPpc99, IPpi100 LEED BD+C v4 in new construction.
• Don’t have time to explore the expo floor like Paula suggests? You should check out the Materials town hall she’s participating in. She’ll show you how to assess the impacts of building products across their life cycles, including trade-off analysis.
• Is your organization prepared for the social responsibility question? Colin Rohlfing of COTE Chicago coordinated the creation of HOK's annual social responsibility report. His session will help you apply GRI and other methodologies when you’re back in the office.
• Kelly Worden, Matthew Trowbridge, and Whitney Gray bring together their experience in health research and design to help you identify public health partners and incorporate health data into your WELL Building, Green Star, and LEED projects. Kelly is also presenting a session with Abigail Baum of The Pew Charitable Trusts about health and community delopment that will help you tackle the Enterprise Design for Health criterion and the LEED Integrative Process for Health Promotion Pilot Credit.