AIA Debuts Its Newest Sustainability Scope of Services and Updated Guide

摘要

In May, AIA launched a new scope of services document for sustainability consultants, C204-2020, which provides a roadmap for sustainable design and construction. The document responds to a growing trend of owners shifting traditional sustainability coordination efforts from architects of record to consultants who specialize in sustainability. C204 is drafted for architects and non-architects who are implementing the many stages of the sustainability process. A sustainability consultant works with the owner to identify the owner's sustainable objective. This might include achieving a sustainability certification; minimizing the building's carbon footprint; optimizing the health and well-being of the building's occupants; and improving the building's energy efficiency. Before the conclusion of the project's schematic design phase, the consultant conducts a sustainability workshop with all stakeholders, including the owner, the owner's other consultants, the architect, the architect's consultants, and the contractor, if they joined the project early.