Since the first Design Futures Council Leadership Summit on Sustainable Design 10 years ago, the DFC has gathered information, statistics, and success stories on sustainable design. We have come to understand better the challenges, scenarios, and models requiring leadership ingenuity.

Our 2011 Sustainable Design Survey of A/E/C leaders tabulates the activities and opinions of the most successful design firms:

• The individuals, firms, and suppliers they most admire as sustainability role models
• The factors that are helping – and hindering – their firm’s ability to achieve higher levels of building performance
• The cost difference to design, construct, and operates green buildings
• The professional organizations they think are best deploying resources for sustainability
• How sustainable design certification is encouraged in their firm
• The type of training they give employees about green design issues
• Satisfaction with their own firm's progress toward green design
• How much of their work is environmentally responsible
• And more!

Also in this issue are in-depth articles from some of the most respected figures in architecture and design:

• Sustainability Leadership: Architects, designers, planners, and clients are elemental forces
• Taking the Long View: We’re seeing the start of a green paradigm shift
• Sprawl Repair: Transforming communities with balanced uses
• Green Buildings to Green Neighborhoods: The next level of innovation
• Learning From Legacy: What we gain from monumental structures built eons ago
• The Social Responsibility of Architects: Everyone benefits when we volunteer in community
• Unpredictable Outcomes: We must manage projects for knowable results