The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture
and ecological design projects that protect and enhance the environment.
American Institute of Architects selects 2016 COTE Top Ten Green Projects
The projects will be honoured at the 2016 AIA Convention in Philadelphia. The COTE Top Ten Awards program, now in its 20th year,
is the profession's most rigorous recognition program for sustainable design excellence. The program celebrates projects that are the result of
a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems and technology.
By conducting an in-depth study of nearly 200 COTE Top Ten Award winning projects encompassing almost 20 years in the recently released report
Lessons from the Leading Edge, it was determined that design projects recognised through this program are outpacing the industry
by virtually every standard of performance.
For more information on the projects, visit www.aia.org.
