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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.
Sustainability Strategies for Baltimore (1.2 MB PDF)
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/
Meeting Minutes
COTE Committees
About the Committee on the Environment
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