2011 Green Giants

Staff -- Interior Design, 7/21/2011 2:57:09 PM

It may not be by leaps and bounds, but sustainable design is growing, as reported by Interior Design’ s top 100 Giants. We learned from 39 of the firms that at least 50 percent of their projects follow LEED guidelines. Total square footage of sustainable projects completed increased by 81.3 million over the previous reporting period. And the value of eco products specified rose by $2.5 billion. It turns out that dollars are green in more ways than one.

Top 100 Giants with At Least 50% of Projects Following LEED Guidelines

FIRM	2011 RANK
AECOM	21
Cannon Design	7
CBT	50
Daroff Design + DDI Architects	39
EwingCole	24
Roger Ferris + Partners	42
Flad Architects	25
Francis Cauffman	55
FXFowle Architects	98
Gensler	1
Harley Ellis Devereaux	48
HDR Architecture	18
HGA Architects and Engineers	20
HLW	29
HMC Architects	57
HOK	2
IA Interior Architects	10
KlingStubbins	15
Gary Lee Partners	97
LS3P	74
Ted Moudis Associates	31
NBBJ	13
Nelson	9
OPX	91
Partners by Design	99
Perkins + Will	3
Pollack Architecture	65
RMW architecture & interiors	47
RNL	95
Shepley Bulfinch	37
SmithGroup	12
Stantec	8
Studios Architecture	30
Switzer Group	83
TPG Architecture	28
VOA Associates	41
WHR Architects	45
Ziegler Cooper Architects	100
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects	33

 

Average Percentage of Top 100 Giants' Projects Following LEED Guidelines

2011 Top Giants	41%
2010 Top Giants	43%
2009 Top Giants	33%

Average Percentage of Top 100 Giants' Design Fees Attributed To Sustainable Designs

2011 Top Giants	39%
2010 Top Giants	38%
2009 Top Giants	30%

Total Value of Green Products Specified by Top 100 Giants

2011 Top Giants	$32.3 billion
2010 Top Giants	$29.8 billion
2009 Top Giants	$25.7 billion

Surface Area of Sustainable Projects by Top 100 Giants

2011 Top Giants	345.3 million square feet
2010 Top Giants	263.9 million square feet
2009 Top Giants	264.1 million square feet

Effect of Economic Downturn on Amount of Sustainable Projects by Top 100 Giants

More	21%
Unchanged	64%
Fewer	15%

Top 100 Giants Providing Sustainability Analysis

2011 Top Giants	92%
2010 Top Giants	88%
2009 Top Giants	83%

 

Top 100 Giants with At Least 50% of Design Fees Attributed To Sustainable Projects

FIRM	2011 RANK
Corgan Associates	60
Leo A Daly	4
DBI Architects	43
EwingCole	24
Roger Ferris + Partners	42
Flad Architects	25
FXFowle Architects	98
Gensler	1
HDR Architecture	18
HGA Architects and Engineers	20
HKS	53
HLW	29
HMC Architects	57
HOK	2
Huntsman Architectural Group	73
IA Interior Architects	10
KlingStubbins	15
Gary Lee Partners	97
Little	38
LS3P	74
Mancini Duffy	51
NBBJ	13
Nelson	9
Planning Design Research	68
Pollack architecture	65
RNL	95
Shepley Bulfinch	37
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	19
SmithGroup	12
TPG Architecture	28
VOA Associates	41
WHR Architects	45
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects	33