Resiliency & Climate Response Meeting

Please join us at AIA Austin for our first committee meeting of 2026! Chairs will share goals for the year. We’ll discuss specific immediate actions like updating FAR/GFA definitions, as well as broader areas of interest such as water resilience, and how members can be involved in what we do.

The Resiliency & Climate Response Advocacy committee typically meets the third Thursday of the month at 10:30 a.m. Join our email list to hear about upcoming events.

Meeting Agenda

1. [5 minutes]      General items 
2. [15 minutes]    Of Note: FAR/GFA definition and update
3. [30 minutes]    Priority items: Actions and interests
   • Other IRC code appendices to support like hemp? (natural building construction)
   • Explore Water issues
   • Collaboration with other Advocacy Tactical comm’s
4. [10 minutes]     Ongoing
5. [Parting mentions]     Share out any key resiliency / sustainability items

View/download the full agenda here: 260115 – AIA Resilience + Climate Response – Agenda