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Featured Events:
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● USGBC Greening the Heartland 2009 at
Detroit Marriot / Cobo Hall – May 31- June 2, 2009 |
| About The American Institute
of Architects For 152
years, members of the American Institute of Architects have
worked with each other and their communities to create more
valuable, healthy, secure, and sustainable buildings and
cityscapes.
By using sustainable design
practices, materials, and techniques, AIA architects are
uniquely poised to provide the leadership and guidance needed to
provide solutions to address climate change. AIA architects
walk the walk on sustainable design. Visit
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Welcome to the AIA Michigan "Sustainable
Committee" Web Site |
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The American
Institute of Architects Michigan is providing the opportunity for
architects and all development team members, across the state, to
have a web site dedicated to environmental issues. Sustainability is
a relatively new
influence
to our profession and we are the leaders
maintaining architectural standards. As “Sustainable Integrator” we
will need to understand the basic shift in paradigm. The sustainable
shifts within the building industry call for an enhanced
environmental awareness; a greater team integration; and a new
economic perspective. There is every intention for the web site to
be a statewide grassroots endeavor that will address the full
spectrum of the issues associated with the coming environmental
changes . . .
The Committee on the Environment
(COTE) Mission Statement:
"The Committee on the Environment (COTE) works to sustain and
improve the environment by advancing and disseminating environmental
knowledge and values, and advocating the best design practices to
integrate built and natural systems to the profession, industry, and
public."
COTE's Goals:
• Educate architects about the environment and the energy-related
impact of design decisions and to encourage active membership
participation in these activities.
• Communicate the AIA's environment and energy-related concerns to
the public and private sectors and influence the decisions of the
public, professionals, clients, and public officials on the impact
of their environmental and energy related decisions.
• Foster leadership among architects in all facets of environmental
decision making.
• Establish and maintain alliances with environmental organizations
such as the U.S. Green Building Council, Urban Land Institute,
American Solar Energy Society, Sustainable Buildings Industry
Council, and UIA World Congress of Architects.
• Promote implementation of a sustainable design program in
architecture schools. |
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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS |
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REMODEL GREEN 08
An event that brings together builders, architects, designers, homeowners,
suppliers and community leaders who share excitement about green building, a
phenomenon that is outperforming all other segments of the construction industry
across the U.S.
Remodel Green 08 brings these participants
together in Eastern Michigan University’s beautiful new Student Center on
Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1. With more than 14,000 square feet
of exhibition space, the Student Center accommodates over 1,500 conference
delegates.
Remodel Green 08 promises to deliver one of the
most informative events focusing on green remodeling in North America.. . .
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IN THE NEWS: |
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Reworking and Rebuilding Our Economy
Through Sustainable Design
Today's unprecedented
economic challenges hold great promise here in Michigan as we make
use of the best "green" technologies and thinking, spawn new
industries, and achieve urban work and leisure lives that are more
sane, more rewarding, and more healthy. . .
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Ford Green Retail Development In
Allen Park: Ford Motor Company is developing Fairlane Green, a green retail
and recreational center that sets the standard for environmentally
and socially responsible development.. . .
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Elevate Sustainability in Your
Community with SDAT
The SDAT is a community assistance program that focuses on the
principles of sustainability. SDATs will bring a team of volunteer
professionals (such as architects, urban designers, planners,
hydrologists, economists, attorneys, and others) to work with
community decision-makers and stakeholders to help them develop a
vision and framework for a sustainable future.
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SDAT Message from Erica Gees, AIA,
President, AIA Western Massachusetts . . .
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Governor Granholm Honors
Earth Day by Ordering Michigan Government
to be More Energy Efficient
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At the Ford Rouge Center
“Sustainability” is meant literally to return industrial development
to its roots, finding a way for manufacturing to support the
environment, rather than degrade it. Until now, however, industrial
sustainability has been largely a concept and a test. But with a
vision immense in its scope, the Ford Rouge Center is churning up
the grounds for 100 years of assumptions about what a manufacturing
plant needs to be, replacing it with a massive example of what a
production facility should be, creating an entirely new approach to
industry’s place in the environment. . .
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Imagine, Cancer
Treatment Centers Built Without Carcinogens: Green Guide For Health
Care: Co-Director Robin Guenther, AIA, talks about the green
building movement's first health-based building guidelines. --
Guenther5 Architects-
Healthy Building Network . . .
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