Per the discussion at the Sustainability Workshop, here is an editorial by William Leddy, FAIA (Leddy Maytum Stacy of San Francisco), current AIA COTE chair, arguing the we should require the submittal of energy and water data for institute design awards:
http://www.aia.org/practicing/AIAB099984http://www.aia.org/practicing/AIAB099984 He makes a good point that most projects are already able to provide this data, and especially the projects that get to the finals of the awards. And I think he's quite a good writer!
Raphael
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Raphael Sperry AIA
ADPSR
San Francisco CA
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