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2008 DesignIntelligence Sustainable Design Survey
“Creativity, Leadership, and the New Green Standard” is the theme of the 2008 sustainability issue from DesignIntellicence. Our survey tabulates the responses of leaders of the most successful design firms…
Articles
- 04/18/08 Green Residential Guidelines
- 04/02/08 300 Firms Pledge to Serve the Underserved
- 03/26/08 Calculate Your Footprint
- 03/13/08 Green Buildings Promise Biggest CO2 Impact
- 02/15/08 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 obligation to inform, excite, and command more from clients than simply building green.
- 10/05/07 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.
- 06/07/07 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 progressive, insightful, or environmentally conscious firms. Green continues to be good.
- 03/25/07 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.
- 03/25/07 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.
- 03/25/07 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.




