New climate change report shows need for urgent action – Public and private actors must act now to get to net zero” – World Economic Forum, August 9, 2021
The latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, Climate …
New UN Climate Report Stresses the Urgency of Climate Action Now
Things You Can do Now: Energy Modeling
What Is An Energy Model?
In essence, an energy model is a set of computer-generated calculations that help designers compare design options and predict anticipated energy consumption of a building and its systems. As technologies have advanced, so has the …
AIA California Climate Action via Code Change
AIA California has made environmental stewardship and climate action central to its strategy and actions. Climate change requires urgent attention, a perspective that is supported by the fact that 1700 + governments around the world that have declared a climate …
What you can do right now: Electrify Everything
By: Scott Shell, FAIA, Henry Siegel, FAIA, Joel Stout, AIA
What is building electrification?
All electric buildings use electricity exclusively to run heat pumps, induction cooktops and other high efficiency appliances rather than burning natural gas in any form on …
What You Can Do Right Now: Reuse and Retrofit Existing Buildings
What You Can Do Right Now: Reuse and Retrofit Existing Buildings
The built environment is responsible for close to 40% of annual GHG emissions1 — 28% from operating the buildings we already have and 11% …
California Building Codes and Standards
Every three years California adopts new building codes and standards. The standards are adopted and proposed by various state agencies and are, for the most part, based on national model codes. The …
The 2022 ZeroCode for California
California is a world leader in decarbonization of the built environment. Building codes can be locally amended to support climate action via what are called ‘reach codes’. When Berkeley became the first City in the US to ‘ban natural gas’ …
Updating California’s Existing Building Code
Amendment of the California Existing Building Code to incorporate all three compliance paths that exist in the International Existing Building Code
AIA California mirrors the architectural profession in making environmental stewardship and climate action central to its strategy and actions. …
