Etiqueta: Design Professionals

By Stephani L. Miller

According to the «2009 DesignIntelligence Sustainable Design Survey» (Report #223, Vol. 15, No. 4), recently published by the journal DesignIntelligence, practitioners believe the architecture and design profession still has a lot of work to do to more closely align practice with principles of sustainability.

The survey, which records data submitted by the leaders of the most successful architecture and design firms around the United States, asked participants how well they believe their own firms are progressing in achieving higher levels of sustainable design, if they think their firms lead or trail their peers in that regard, and how design leaders are altering their habits to reduce their personal carbon footprint. Only 13 percent of architecture and design firms from among those surveyed reported they are «very satisfied» with their firms’ progress in achieving sustainability in their projects, while 45 percent said they are «satisfied,» 18 percent said they are «dissatisfied,» and 1 percent said they are «very dissatisfied.» (The remaining 23 percent reported they were «neutral» on their firms’ progress.)

desde survey takes sustainability pulse of design firms.

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