AIA/COTE Announce Top 10 Green Buildings of 2008 - Melaver

Each year, the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment choses exemplary green building projects based on a wide variety of metrics including community connectivity, energy efficiency and length of purpose. This year's AIA/COTE top 10 projects include condos, the first carbon-neutral designated building as well as schools and educational centers from coast to coast.
The Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life at Tulane University in New Orleans is pictured left. The existing building was stripped, expanded by a third and redesigned 14 months after Hurricane Katrina on a modest budget at $189 per square foot. The building includes systems for thermal zoning, variable shading, moving air and cooling.

HERE'S THE ENTIRE TOP 10. FOLLOW THE LINKS TO READ MORE ABOUT EACH PROJECT.

Aldo Leopold Legacy Center (The Kubala Washatko Architects, Inc.) Cedarburg, WI
Cesar Chavez Library (Line and Space, LLC) Tucson, AZ
Discovery Center at South Lake Union (The Miller|Hull Partnership) Seattle, WA
Garthwaite Center for Science and Arts, Cambridge School of Weston (Architerra, Inc.) Boston, MA
Lavin-Bernick Center (VJAA) Minneapolis, MN
Macallen Building Condominiums (Burt Hill with Office dA) Boston, MA
Nueva School Hillside Learning Complex (Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects) San Francisco, CA
Pocono Environmental Education Center (Bohlin Cywinski Jackson) Wilkes-Barre, PA
Queens Botanical Garden Visitor & Administration Center (BKSK Architects) New York, NY
Yale University Sculpture Building and Gallery (KieranTimberlake Associates, LLP) Philadelphia, PA

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