Elevate Sustainability In Your Community With The AIA Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) Program

AIA SDAT Program

The SDAT program is a community assistance program that has provided over 20 communities with integrated design and policy based assessments since its inception in 2005. SDATs bring teams of volunteer professionals (such as architects, urban designers, planners, hydrologists, economists, attorneys, and others) together to work with community decision-makers and stakeholders to help them develop a vision and framework for a sustainable future. The SDAT approach is designed to address many of the common challenges communities face by producing long-term sustainability plans that are realistic and reflect each community's unique context. The AIA will provide up to $15,000 in cash and in-kind contributions per SDAT in 2008. Communities will provide a $5,000 cash match as well as contribute other resources to the process. The proposal deadline for the 2008 SDAT program is November 16, 2007.

For more information or to download the 2008 SDAT RFP, please visit www.aia.org/liv_sdat or contact Erin Simmons, Director, AIA Center for Communities by Design, at [email protected] or 202.626.7492.