Camp Arroyo, Siegel & Strain Architects
	Pier 1, SMWM
	Puget Sound Environmental Learning Center, Mithun

The AIA’s Committee on the Environment (COTE) today announced the winners of its annual Top Ten Green Projects awards, which are held to commemorate Earth Day on April 22.

This year’s winners were built for clients both large and small, and they comprise commercial facilities, government buildings, educational centers, and a private residence. Nine of the buildings are in the U.S., and one is in South America.. The awards jury includes Randy Croxton, FAIA, Croxton Collaborative; Sim van der Ryn, Van der Ryn Architects; Horst Berger, City University of New York; and Guy Battle, Battle McCarthy. A ceremony to honor the winning projects will be held at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 29.

The Top Ten awards were begun by COTE in conjunction with the Department of Energy in 1998 to recognize the work of designers who strive to minimize the environmental impacts of their projects. Projects are evaluated based on their energy consumption, effects on local ecosystems, use of high-performance products and technologies, and connection to the local setting and context.

The winners are, in alphabetical order:

Bank of Astoria, Manzanita, Oregon
Tom Bender, Architect

Building 850, Energy & Sustainability Showcase Project, Port Hueneme, California
CTG Energetics

Camp Arroyo, Livermore, California
Siegel & Strain Architects

Edificio Malecon, Buenos Aires, Argentina
HOK

Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, Ankeny, Iowa
RDG Bussard Dikis

National Wildlife Federation Headquarters, Reston, Virginia
HOK

Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
William McDonough + Partners

Pier 1, San Francisco, California
SMWM

Puget Sound Environmental Learning Center, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Mithun

Tofte Cabin, Tofte, Minnesota
Sarah Nettleton Architects

Additional information about each project, including photos and team credits, will be available online starting April 22 at http://www.aia.org/pia/cote/topten.

Deborah Snoonian, P.E.