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Sustainability Gaining Among Large Design Firms

Interior Design finds that the top 100 Giants are making sustainability an important component in their projects.

Link: Giants: Green - 6/1/2008 - Interior Design.

The design community is on an eco-minded roll, as evidenced by the 2008 top 100 Interior Design Giants. Half the firms on the list have 10 or more LEED-accredited professionals on staff. As for last year's projects, a handful of which are shown here, 77 Giants specified green products—most often, that product was carpet. How's that for low impact?

• 70% of the Top 100 Giants include sustainable design in their mission statement
• In total, the 2008 top 100 Giants specified more than $5 billion worth of green products last year
• 40 of these Giants specified at least $5 million worth of green products
• 35% of all interior products specified in 2007 by the top 100 giants were green
• On average, the top 100 giants have 13 LEED-accredited professionals on staff
• Close to 33% of all projects the top 100 giants work on followed LEED guidelines
• 30 of these giants say at least 40% of their projects last year followed LEED guidelines
• 77% of the top 100 giants report that they, not the client, usually take the initial step in making a project sustainable

Green Furniture & Furnishings

BuildingGreen.com has a list of Green Furniture & Furnishings products

Link: BuildingGreen.com - Green Product Category: Furniture & Furnishings

Bedroom Furnishings (4 products)
FSC-Certified Wood Furniture (13 products)
Furniture (1 product)
Institutional Furniture (1 product)
Natural Fiber Fabrics (3 Articles, 9 products)
Office Furniture (9 Articles, 11 products)
Portable Partitions, Screens, and Panels (6 products)
Reclaimed-Wood Furniture (1 Article, 15 products)
Recycled-Content Furniture (6 products)
Residential Cabinetry (2 Articles, 11 products)
Seating (3 Articles, 6 products)
Signage (2 Articles, 13 products)
Specialty Cabinetry (4 Articles, 8 products)
Storage Shelving (1 product)
Synthetic Fiber Fabrics (4 Articles, 8 products)
Systems Furniture (6 products)
Tackboards (2 products)
Toilet Accessories (4 Articles, 11 products)
Toilet Compartments (4 products)
Tub and Shower Doors (1 product)
Window Shades (2 Articles, 14 products)

Green Interior Finish & Trim Products

BuildingGreen.com had this list of Green Interior Finish & Trim Products

Link: BuildingGreen.com - Green Product Category: Interior Finish & Trim

Acoustical Ceilings (7 Articles, 7 products)
Acoustical Wall Finishes (1 product)
Agfiber Millwork (1 product)
Ceramic Tile (3 products)
Certified-Wood Stairs and Railings (2 products)
Concrete Pigments (2 Articles, 3 products)
Cork Wall Covering (1 Article, 2 products)
Countertops (3 Articles, 18 products)
Fiberboard and Particleboard Panels (22 Articles, 20 products)
Fiberboard Millwork (1 Article, 2 products)
Fiberboard Trim (1 product)
FSC-Certified Millwork (7 Articles, 12 products)
FSC-Certified Wood Paneling (9 Articles, 14 products)
Gypsum Board (14 Articles, 8 products)
Gypsum Board Accessories (2 Articles, 7 products)
Gypsum Board Taping and Finishing (1 Article, 1 product)
Ornamental Simulated Woodwork (1 product)
Plaster Forms (1 product)
Plastic Handrails (1 product)
Plastic Paneling (1 Article, 11 products)
Prefinished Paneling (33 Articles, 18 products)
Reclaimed-Wood Millwork (1 Article, 35 products)
Reclaimed-Wood Paneling (2 Articles, 29 products)
Reclaimed-Wood Stairs and Railings (16 products)
Recycled-Glass Tile (6 products)
Residential Cabinetry (2 Articles, 11 products)
Speciality Ceilings (1 Article, 3 products)
Specialty Cabinetry (4 Articles, 8 products)
Terrazzo (1 Article, 4 products)
Textile Wall Coverings (1 Article, 7 products)
Wall and Corner Guards (1 Article, 1 product)
Wall Covering (7 Articles, 13 products)
Wall Covering Adhesives (1 product)
Wood Mantels (10 products)
Wood Veneer (4 Articles, 10 products)
Wood-Alternative Trim (1 product)
Wood-Veneer Paneling (5 Articles, 4 products)