Sustainability Articles
Creativity, Leadership, and the New Green Standard
Formerly in the lexicon of crunchy-granola types alone, words like “sustainability” now hold cachet. That’s because Americans are going green. And that’s a word design firms can relate to. Read full »
The Sustainability Benefits of a Curious Approach
We don’t yet understand the long-term causes and effects at the intersection of natural phenomena and human behavior. But we do know that creating long-term value in our resource-constrained world... Read full »
Case Study: Ohio's Shift to Sustainable Design
Green building is embraced by a state with plentiful resources and conservative voters. Does this signal a tipping point? Read full »
Attention: Performance Marker Ahead
Data is beginning to trickle out regarding actual performance as a result of the steps being taken to reduce energy use in buildings. Read full »
Adaptive Structures: Building for Performance and Sustainability
The technology to support adaptive building systems is both available and dependable. Adaptive façades are poised to capitalize on technology transfer from other disciplines, which can allow the... Read full »
The Making of Assumptions and Trusting to Luck: Process Implications of Sustainability and Technology
Process Implications of Sustainability and Technology. The current interest in improving building industry outcomes and enhancing collaboration among architectural, engineering, and construction... Read full »
Aligning Sustainability in Professional Practice and Education
Increased student interest in sustainability coupled with a rising public policy commitment to green design and increasing energy costs augurs for greater involvement of design schools and the... Read full »
Digital Design: Empowering Innovation and Environmental Response
Three-dimensional modeling allows team members to push ideas to new levels while getting fast feedback that allows them to optimize all aspects of a building. Read full »
Sustainability in Strategy
Designing or building green is no longer a distinguishing factor in the marketplace – it is expected and often demanded. But companies on the forefront of design and development have an... Read full »
Legions of Foresight
What story are you telling yourself, your colleagues, your clients about? Stories are the only way we can constructively create a context for to understand what might be ahead. Read full »
A LEED on the Competition
With the heightened interest in green and sustainable design, LEED professional certifications have become a popular tool for succesful AEC firms to distinguish their services from those of less... Read full »
The Santa Fe Priorities - Action Items 2007
Here are specific actions agreed upon by conference delegates to be implemented in the short term by all summit participants. Read full »
Nantucket Principles: A Policy Agenda for Architecture and Design Firms on Green and Sustainable Design
On September 28-30, 2002, 85 design firm professionals and AEC leaders gathered on Nantucket, MA, for the Design Futures Council's Architects' Environment Summit. Read full »
Going Green: You Can Bank On It!
It's a common assumption that sustainable design costs big money, which is why so many business and government leaders have been reluctant to embrace the fundamental changes necessary to protect our... Read full »
An Ethos of Sustainable Design
The leading international network of climate scientists recently released their fourth (1990, 1996, 2001, and 2007) assessment report on the future of climate. Read full »
A Sustainable Relationship: Design, Environment, and Health
Living walls are an aesthetic delight. But they also provide important services to the environments in which they are situated. Read full »
Sustainability in Action
ARGENTINA SUMMARY: Edificio Malecon Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Owner/Developer: Newside SA Architect: HOK Completion Date: 2002 Building Type: Glass Office Tower Type of Construction: New... Read full »
Drivers of Change
There is no doubt that, as our built environment has transformed from a local phenomenon to a global one, we are now confronted with more pressing social, technological, economic, environmental and... Read full »
The Global Architect Next Door
Architecture and design that can promise progress to the planet can also hasten abuse of the natural environment. Read full »
Learning Sustainability
Gensler Chicago's summer internship in sustainable design brings together a group of the best and brightest design students to advance academic research while working in a professional design firm. Read full »
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