The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) announced this year’s Top Ten Green Projects yesterday. These projects exemplify sustainable architecture. An alphabetical list of award-winners, as well as projects receiving honorable mention, follows below.

The AIA’s COTE has recognized sustainable design with this awards program since 1997. This year’s winners will be feted at the AIA’s National Convention and Design Exposition, in San Antonio, next week. The jury included: David Brems, FAIA, of Gillies Stransky Brems Smith; Alisdair McGregor, PE, of Arup; John Quale, LEED AP, of the University of Virginia School of Architecture; Traci Rose Rider, LEED AP, of North Carolina State University; Anne Schopf, AIA, of Mahlum Architects; and Susan Szenasy, editor-in-chief of Metropolis.