AIA California will continue to add helpful resources, case studies, and educational opportunities to our library as they come our way.
If you have something you would like to add to our resource library, please contact Hillary Krek.
Climate Action Webinar Series
Now Boarding for 2019: Get Ready to Take Off with the new Energy Code
Title 24, Part 6: Requirements for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
Title 24, Part 6: Requirements for Licensed Healthcare Facilities
Title 24, Part 6: What’s New for Nonresidential Buildings
2019 Energy Code Webinar Video
CALGreen Checklists
Residential August 2019 Supplement (zip)
NonResidential August 2019 Supplement (zip)
Download Residential (zip)
Download Non-Residential (zip)
Download Digital Sheet Sized Versions of CALGreen Building Standards Code, Part 11 (zip)
PG&E On-Demand Webinars
2019 Title 24 Residential Requirements
2019 Title 24 Nonresidential
Energy Code Ace Fact Sheets
What’s New in 2019 Nonresidential Energy Code
What’s Changed for 2019 – Nonresidential, High-Rise Multifamily, Hotel & Motel
CA’s Title 24 Energy Code: What, Why and Where is it Going?
Climate Action Webinar Series
Design for Water
Webinar Video
AIA & AIA CA Recommended Resources
AIA Designing for Water
Design Professional’s Guide to Onsite Water Use and Reuse
LEEDv4 Indoor Water Use Reduction Calculator
San Francisco Public Utility Commission Recommended Resources
San Francisco PUC Non-Potable Water Program
National Blue Ribbon Commission for Onsite Non-potable Water Systems
California’s Water Conservation Campaign, Save Our Water
WaterNow: Tap into Resilience
Case Study
Sonoma Academy’s Janet Durgin Guild & Commons
Climate Action Webinar Series
Design for Integration
AIA & AIA CA Recommended Resources
AIA: An Architect’s Guide to Integration Energy Modeling in the Design Process
AIA COMMON APP
AIA Design Data App
AIA Designing for Integration
AIA Framework for Design Excellence
AIA CA: Guide to Integrated Project Delivery
Brooks+Scarpa Recommended Resource
NYC Design Commission: Quality Affordable Housing
Additional Resource
Building Innovation | New Buildings Institute
Case Study
Sweetwater Spectrum Community, Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
- Non-Residential Calculator Instructions
- Non-Residential Calculator
- Residential Calculator Instructions
- Residential Calculator
Climate Action Webinar Series
Design for Energy
Webinar Video
AIA & AIA CA Recommended Resources
AIA Designing for Energy
An Architect’s Guide to Integrating Energy Modeling into the Design Process
2018 Zero Net Energy Primer
Additional Resources
The Advanced Energy Design Guide – Achieving Zero Energy Series | ASHRAE
Analyze the Solar Potential of all Surfaces as you Design | SolarSkyrise
The Challenge of Retail Gas in California’s LowCarbon Future | CA Energy Commission
Demystifying Heat Pumps for New Construction | SCE
Electric Heat pumps for Domestic Space and Water Heating | Pacific Gas & Electric
Getting to Zero Buildings Database | New Buildings Institute
Redwood Energy Research
Six Metrics Every Architects Should Know (And How to Use Them) | SketchUp
Stronger Together: Why Efficiency with Electrification Catalyzes Systems Change | Institute for Market Transformation
Understanding Heat Pumps and Domestic Water Heating | SMUD
Zero Energy | New Buildings Institute
Zero Net Energy Builder Resource Guide | Pacific Gas & Electric
Case Studies
Central Heat Pump Water Heating | 2019 Passive House NW
ZNE Case Study Buildings: Vol. 1 | Pacific Gas & Electric
ZNE Case Study Buildings: Vol. 2 | Pacific Gas & Electric
ZNE Case Study Buildings: Vol. 3 | Pacific Gas & Electric
AIA & AIA CA Recommended Resources
Countdown on Carbon
Embodied Carbon: What You Need to Know
2020 CarbonPositive Sessions
If We Act Together Now, We Can Change the World!
2030 is the New 2050: How to Speed Delivery on Global Promises Now
It’s Electrifying! Decarbonization Policies for Achieving ZERO Now
Network for Change: The Embodied Carbon Movement
Residensity: Urban Land Use and Growth
Timeline is Everything: The Path to CarbonPositive
Towards Half – Designing for a Carbon Positive Future
Additional Resources
Building Decarbonization Coalition
Design Professionals Guide to Decarbonization of the Built Environment | The William J. Worthen Foundation
Zero Net Carbon Buildings | City of San Jose
Case Studies
How a Building Code Could Help Buildings Achieve Zero Carbon
Climate Action Webinar Series
Design for Change
Webinar Video
AIA & AIA CA Recommended Resources
AIA Design for Change
Renovate, Retrofit, Reuse
Additional Resources
5 Ways Designers and Engineers Can Start Designing for Climate Change
California Preservation Foundation: Learning from Large-Scale Adaptive Reuse Projects
Creative Reuse: 12 Before & After Projects the Re-purpose Old Buildings into Inspired New Homes
The C# Living Design Project: Resilience Action List & Credit Catalog
The It Factor: Re-inventing a Mid-century Post-and-Bean for Modern California Living
Where are the Architects Who Will Put the Environment First?
Case Studies
AIA Framework for Resilient Design: Lessons from New Orleans Go National
Ortlieb’s Bottling House
The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
San Francisco Art Institute – Fort Mason Center Pier 2
Climate Action Webinar Series
Design for Equitable Communities
Webinar Video
AIA & AIA CA Recommended Resources
AIA Blueprint for Better
AIA Design for Equitable Communities
AIA Recommendations for Designing Mothers’ Rooms
Additional Resources
The Citizen’s Handbook: Arntein’s Ladder of Citizen Participation
EDR Community Engagement Toolkit
Happy Homes Toolkit
How a Building Code Can Help Achieve Zero Carbon: Ithica, NY
League of American Bicyclists
The Terner Center for Housing Innovation
Case Study
Tassafaronga Village | David Baker Architect
Climate Action Webinar Series
Design for Resources
Webinar Video
BONUS SESSION: Concrete Innovations
Bonus Session Webinar Video
AIA & AIA CA Recommended Resources
AIA Designing for Resources
arcCA Season 6: Materials
Materials Transparency and Risk for Architects
Wood – Building for the Future, Rooted in Nature
Additional Resources
Building Clean | An initiative of the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation
Carbon Smart Materials Palette
The Great Eight: High-Impact Material Choices for Green Building | Building Green
Case Study
Portola Valley Town Center | Siegel & Strain Architects / Goring & Straja Architects
Climate Action Webinar Series
Design for Ecology
Webinar Video
AIA & AIA CA Recommended Resources
AIA: Designing for Ecology
American Society of Landscape Architects
Climate Change Mitigation and Landscape Architecture
Sustainable Residential Design: Applying Ecological Design
Additional Resources
Bird Friendly Building Design | American Bird Conservatory
The California Garden Web: Landscaping for Fire Protection | University of California
Expert Spotlight: Jack D. Cohen, Research Physical Scientist | U.S. Forest Service
“Green Thumbs Up: Ecological design principles for cities” | Nov 14, 2015 in Environment, by Karen Graham
How to Save Water Around the Yard | Save Our Water
International Dark Sky Association
“Long-Term Plans: To Build for Resilience, We’ll Need to Design With-Not Against-Nature” | Jan 8, 2020 in Metropolis, by Stephen Zacks
Case Studies
The Academy of Sciences | Sharon Sudheer
Center for Sustainable Landscapes | The Design Alliance Architects, Pittsburgh
The Dixon Water Foundation Josey Pavilion | Lake|Flato Architects, Decatur, Texas
Global social and environmental change drives the management and delivery of ecosystem services from urban gardens: A case study from Central Coast, California
Manassas Park Elementary School + Pre-K | VMDO Architects, Manassas, Virginia
Queens Botanical Garden Visitor Center | BKSK Architects, New York, New York
Climate Action Webinar Series
Design for Well-being
AIA & AIA CA Recommended Resources
AIA: Design for Well-being
Additional Resources
14 Patterns of Biophilic Design: Improving Health and Well-being in the Built Environment
Age of Enlightenment: The Promise of Circadian Lighting | Undark
CBE Thermal Comfort Tool
Daylighting Pattern Guide
The Financial Case for High Performance Buildings | stok
Glazing and Winter Comfort Tool 2.0
Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Offices: The Next Chapter for Green Building | World Green Building Council
The Impact of Green Building on Cognitive Function: Cognitive Function Test Scores Doubled
Indoor Air Quality | US Environmental Protection Agency
Climate Action Webinar Series
Design for Economy
Webinar Video
Additional Resources
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency | DSIRE
How to Build Green at No Added Cost | BuildingGreen
Case Studies
Rene Cazenave Apartments | Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, San Francisco
