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DFC Announces New Commitment: The Portland Promise
Design Futures Council Announces Changes to the Nantucket Principles with a new Commitment: The Portland Promise Read full »
Sustainability Pioneer Ray Anderson Dies
Championing the business case for sustainability became his mission. Read full »
Design Futures Council Names 2011 Senior Fellows
Fifteen individuals honored for their contributions leading to innovative design Read full »
DFC Fellow Phil Enquist Addresses PennDesign Grads
On May 16, Phil Enquist, partner in charge of urban design and planning for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, addressed the graduates of the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Read full »
Defining Progress Toward Sustainability
New assessment tool has been effectively used in pre-design programming, neighborhood and regional assessments, post-occupancy evaluations of industrial buildings, and comparative analysis of... Read full »
Emerging Sustainability Leaders Named by Design Futures Council
Six up-and-comers identified as future change drivers and awarded scholarships to sustainable design event Read full »
Role Models of Sustainable Design
Results of the 2010 DesignIntelligence Sustainable Design Survey show who the architecture/engineering/construction industry reveres as role models for the their sustainable design efforts. Read full »
Six Professionals Honored as Emerging Sustainability Leaders
The Design Futures Council has selected a half-dozen professionals who are having – and will increasingly have – a profound impact on design practices, design professions, and the community Read full »
Role Models of Sustainability Leadership
DesignIntelligence survey: Amory Lovins, Barack Obama among admired sustainability leaders Read full »
Sustainable Design Leaders Will Converge in Chicago
100 of the most influential architects and designers to meet and explore innovation Read full »
Designing for Radically Less Energy Use
Casebook from the Rocky Mountain Institute will highlight whole-systems efficient design. Read full »
HOK and Biomimicry Guild Form Alliance
HOK and the Biomimicry Guild have forged an alliance to encourage linking the natural and built environments. This relationship will support integration of nature’s innovations in the planning... Read full »
Don't Blame Cities for Climate Change
United Nations agencies, former U.S. President Bill Clinton's climate change initiative, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg have all stated that between 75 percent and 80 percent of greenhouse gas... Read full »
Gauging Sustainability Efforts
A new survey by DesignIntelligence and The Greenway Group quantifies the sustainability efforts of leading U.S. architecture and design firms. Read full »
Paving the Way to Cleaner Air?
A Dutch municipality is partnering with a local university to road test pavers that purify the air. Read full »
Design for the Birds
Bird safety is integral to the sustainable building movement, and a new manual offers guidelines, techniques, and strategies. Read full »
Nanoscale Materials for Sustainable Design
Sustainable design has often been associated with a craft-based approach to building, yet while rammed-earth and timber-frame construction remain popular and straw-bale walls are fast becoming... Read full »
Integration Key to Sustainable Product Design
A new report describes how companies such as Nike, Herman Miller, and Clorox create internal and external alignments to achieve sustainable design goals. Read full »
Green Residential Guidelines
The first set of guidelines for green home remodeling projects in the United States has been developed. Released by the American Society of Interior Designers’ Foundation and the U.S. Read full »
300 Firms Pledge to Serve the Underserved
The nonprofit organization Public Architecture has reached a milestone in signing up 300 firms to participate in its 1% Program, an initiative through which architects pledge a minimum of 1 percent... Read full »
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