COTE (COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT)

Thomas Liebel, AIA (Co-Chairperson), Design Collective, Inc., (410) 685-6655, tliebel@charm.net
John Hutch, AIA (Co-Chairperson), Brown Craig Turner, (410) 837-2727, johnh@bctarchitects.com
Peter Doo, AIA (Board Liaison), Hord Coplan Macht, Inc., (410) 837-7311
pdoo@hcm2.com

Promotes awareness of environmental issues and provides architects with an educational source for sustainable or “green” design.

COTE welcomes speaker Dr. Amy Townsend, Ph. D. GREENING YOUR WORKPLACE Friday, May 2, 8:30 – 10 a.m., AIABaltimore Gallery Businesses around the world are jumping on the green bandwagon, but what exactly does it mean to go green? How can architects help their business clients move beyond simply achieving LEED certification to ensure their entire business is environmentally friendly? Dr. Amy Townsend, Ph. D. will present and explore what it means to go green, what companies can do after they have inhabited their buildings, and the five elements of greening any business, focusing especially upon greening the workplace.

To be held in the AIABaltimore Gallery, 8:30 – 10 a.m., Friday, May 2. 1.5 AIA/CES (HSW) credits with registration. $10/Members; $5/Students; $25/Public. RSVP with payment to AIABaltimore, space limited. For more information contact Tom Liebel, tliebel@marks-thomas.com. Dr. Amy Townsend is President of Sustainable Development International Corporation (SDIC). She writes, teaches, and consults in the areas of green business and green building. The author of The Smart Office (1997), Green Business (2007), and Exploring Sustainable Biodiesel (2008), she is an adjunct professor in Marlboro College’s new Sustainable MBA program and James Madison University’s College of Integrated Science and Technology. Dr. Townsend wrote the first book on greening the workplace, has created a five-part model for greening business, and is developing the new field of business ecology and authoring a book on the subject. She also is a member of the US Green Building Council and is in the process of becoming a LEED Accredited Professional.

2008 Baltimore Green Week

Mark your calendar and save the date--April 25 – May 2

The future of Baltimore depends on our “greening” the city for the benefit of all our residents, businesses and other groups. Baltimore Green Week has been key in educating and advocating on “green” issues and I have been proud to participate in the event since its inception.

April 25, Art on Purpose Green Week Kick Off Reception at the Walters Art Museum

April 26, ECOFESTIVAL at Druid Hill Park (rain date April 27)

April 28– May 2, Baltimore Green Week Day Programs

BGW expects to announce 12 Weekday Programs that will be held during the week after the EcoFestival. For additional information please visit www.baltimoregreenweek.org.

Meeting Minutes
COTE Committees
About the Committee on the Environment
COTE Members
Maryland Green Building Network

Committee Archives

Links

Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems: www.cmps.org
Economics and Environment Network: http://een.anu.edu.au/links.html
Interface Carpet: www.ifsia.com
Natural Step: www.naturalstep.org
Resources for Environmental Design (REDI) index: www.oikos.com/red/index.html
Rocky Mountain Institute: www.rmi.org
Sustainable Architecture Compendium: http://www.umich.edu/~nppcpub/resources/compendia/architecture.html

Recommended Texts

Brown, G.Z. and Mark DeKay, Sun, Wind & Light, 2nd ed. (2001), John Wiley & Sons
Kibert, Charles, ed., Reshaping the Built Environment: Ecology, Ethics, and Economics (1999), Island Press
Banham, Reyner, The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment, 1984 (2nd ed)
Barnett, Dianna Lopez & William D. Browning, A Primer on Sustainable Building (Rocky Mountain Institute)
Callenbach, Ernest, Ecology: A Pocket Guide, 1998
Gonick, Larry and Alice Outwater, The Cartoon Guide to the Environment
Heschong, Lois, Thermal Delight in Architecture
Mollison, Bill & Reny Mia Slay, Introduction to Permaculture
Orr, David, Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment and the Human Prospect, 1994 (especially chapter on “Architecture As Pedagogy”)

Photovoltaic Resources

US DOE www.eere.energy.gov
Maryland Energy Administration www.energy.state.md.us
National Renewable Energy Lab www.NREL.gov
Radiation Maps http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/redbook/atlas/
California Energy Commission www.energy.ca.gov
Solar Buzz E-Newsletter www.solarbuzz.com
Database for State Incentives www.ies.ncsu.edu/dsire/
Million Solar Roofs Initiative (MSRI) www.millionsolarroofs.org/