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
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