Join us for a conversation about the AIA’s shift in focus toward combatting climate change. The session will be co-led by Betsy Del Monte, the resolution's sponsor and a member of the AIA Strategic Council and Corey Squire, the lead author the COTE Toolkit. They both currently sit on the AIA National Committee on the Environment Advisory Group.
Read MoreThe American Institute of Architects has released a five-point action plan for climate change after announcing it a "critical issue" for the architecture profession. AIA unveiled the Where We Stand: Climate Action plan on Monday 16 September following the announcement of its initiative to drive climate action on 5 September.
Read MoreWe recently took a detour from the esteemed Westford Building Science Symposium, aka “Building Science Summer Camp,” to visit our friends at Bensonwood in New Hampshire.
Read MoreWe had the opportunity to sit in on a talk by Vishaan Chakrabarti on the nature of cities, transit-oriented urban density, and the impact of cities on our quality of life and the planet’s ecological health.
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Read MoreNew 2030 Commitment report findings emphasize need for climate action. Profession must double down on efforts to meet 2030 targets.
Read MoreAIA Board of Directors approves member-led resolution to rally architects in mitigating and adapting the built environment, adopts COTE design measures as deflation of “design excellence.”
Read MoreThanks for celebrating our 10th anniversary with us. Here’s to another decade of great work and great relationship building.
Read MorePositive Energy has reached a milestone in its history. This week we are celebrating our 10th anniversary, while simultaneously celebrating a new office space, new staff, new services, and a rebranding moment with a new website. Please take a look around at the new site. Read about our new services. Get to know our new folks. Share in this wonderful moment with us.
Read MorePositive Energy is moving offices! We couldn’t be more excited. We’re remodeling to make it office-ready, but we can’t wait to invite you over for a drink and conversation soon.
Read MoreGuest Author, Jacob Zoske of Third Pig Construction in Atlanta, GA
During the April 2018 Building Science Philosophical Society meeting there was much discussion about the performance of different types of roof systems and how well they keep radiant heat out of our attics. While the group had a variety of ideas and opinions, no one was able to point to any hard data. Leaving the meeting with more questions than answers, I set out to do a small empirical study... in my backyard.
Read MoreCan you believe another year has passed already since the last AIA Austin Homes Tour? Time flies, amigos.
The AIA Austin Homes Tour is one of the most prestigious homes tours in the country. Year after year, we keep finding ourselves in the fortunate place of having a number of homes on the tour that we’ve worked on with our great clientele. Again this year we’re absolutely thrilled to sponsor two tour homes that we supported with our Integrated Mechanical Design service. Get your tickets to see these beautiful homes now and enjoy a weekend of great weather and even better architecture.
Read MoreCOTE and PHAUS support local material and product reps that are making an effort to instigate change in the Building/Construction market in Austin. Want to know more about what they're doing? Please join us for a night of conversation about all things related to sustainability with these change agents!
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