Over the past decade, PAE has proudly partnered on 10 projects recognized with the AIA COTE Top Ten Award—the architecture industry’s highest honor for sustainable design excellence. These awards celebrate projects that integrate performance, resilience, and beauty while advancing environmental stewardship.

For PAE, these honors are more than accolades. They represent our unwavering commitment to creating buildings and communities that thrive for generations. Guided by our mission to build a sustainable future within one generation, we collaborate with visionary architects, owners, and partners to deliver engineering solutions that push boundaries and inspire change.

The AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Awards recognize projects that set the standard for sustainable design. Winners demonstrate excellence across ten measures of performance, including energy, water, wellness, and community impact—proving that great design and environmental responsibility go hand in hand.

Celebrating Our Ten Honorees

2025
Bush School Upper School
A learning environment designed for energy efficiency and student well-being. with MITHUN
UW Foster School of Business
A hub for innovation that prioritizes daylighting and low-carbon systems. With LMN Architects
2024
PAE Living Building
Our own testing grounds—a Living Building that redefines what’s possible in urban sustainability. With ZGF Architects.
2021
Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design
A teaching tool for regenerative design in the Southeast. With The Miller Hull Partnership
Microsoft Silicon Valley
A workplace that marries technology and sustainability. LUMA with WRNS Studio
2019
Oregon Zoo Education Center
Connecting conservation education with high-performance design. With Opsis Architecture
2016
Edith Green Wendell Wyatt Federal Building (Top Ten Plus Honoree)
A landmark in energy retrofits and federal sustainability. Also won in 2011, with SERA Architects
2015
The Bullitt Center
One of the greenest commercial buildings in the world. With The Miller Hull Partnership
2014
Bud Clark Commons
Supportive housing with a focus on human dignity and resource efficiency. With Holst Architecture
2011
LOTT Clean Water Alliance
A civic project showcasing water reuse and resilience. With The Miller Hull Partnership