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
Top 100 Giants Who Specify Green Products
Firm Rank A/R Environetics Group 67 ADD 95 Anshen + Allen 28 ASD 49 Ballinger 55 BAMO 62 Baskervill 90 Bergmeyer 97 BraytonHughes Design Studios 86 CBT Architects 60 Chambers 89 Cooper Carry 76 Creative Design Consultants 29 Cubellis 23 CUH2A 46 Daroff Design Inc + DDI Architects 40 DBI Architects 50 DES Architects + Engineers 87 DiLeonardo International 53 Duncan & Miller Design 82 Environments Group 85 EwingCole 37 Roger Ferris + Partners 61 Flad Architects 26 ForrestPerkins 68 Francis Cauffman 75 Gensler 1 Gresham, Smith and Partners 64 Group Goetz Architects 100 Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects 71 Harley Ellis Devereaux 31 HDR 7 HKS 35 HLW 41 HOK 2 Huntsman Architectural Group 70 IA Interior Architects 9 Jacobs 6 JGA 99 JPC Architects 81 JRS Architect 77 Karlsberger 59 Kasian 88 Milo Kleinberg Design Associates 93 Lawrence Group 52 Little 43 Loebl Schlossman & Hackl 78 LS3P Associates 57 Mancini Duffy 25 Margulies & Associates 92 Peter Marino Architects 47 Ted Moudis Associates 36 Nelson 5 Perkins Eastman 16 Perkins + Will 4 Planning Design and Research Corporation 83 Rottet Studio 21 RTKL Associates 34 Sasaki Associates 96 Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott 72 Slifer Designs 73 Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates 32 SmithGroup 14 Staffelbach Design Associates 80 Stonehill & Taylor Architects and Planners 84 Studios Architecture 39 Swanke Hayden Connell Architects 44 Switzer Group 69 TPG Architecture 22 TRO Jung/Brannen 63 TSC Design Associates 79 VOA Associates 38 Vocon 56 Ware Malcomb 45 WHR Architects 98 WWCOT 91 Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects 33
Sectors with the most clients receptive to green design
Sector Clients Government 54% Educational 44% Corporate 27% Hospitality 19% Health care 13% Residential 12% Cultural 8% Retail 8%
Specified Green Products
Product Percent specified Carpet 98% Hard Flooring 94% Flooring 93% Wall covering 93% Furniture 91% Paint 91% Lighting 84% Building products 83% Other 17%
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