SUSTAINABILITY INDICATOR
There is much talk about sustainability – from sustainable design to certified projects. But what do architects and designers really think? We surveyed more than 800 architects and designers to find out. Some highlights of our findings can be found here. Mouse over the green boxes for the survey stats. And take a look at the other facts and figures you see here to put this into the greater context.
Only 2% of architects and 3% of interior designers are “completely confident”
in manufacturers’ claims about sustainable products.
in manufacturers’ claims about sustainable products.
8 billion tons
of greenhouse
gases reduced by
leed buildings in
2010
of greenhouse
gases reduced by
leed buildings in
2010
only 23% of architects and 32% of interior designers agree that manufacturers’
sustainability product claims are credible.
The primary reason architects (58%) and interior designers (56%) specify sustainable products is for
their own professional sense of environmental responsibility.
673,000
searches for “LEED”
per month on google.
searches for “LEED”
per month on google.
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In the past year, 70% of architects and 49% of interior designers specified sustainable products
in their projects “very often” or “always.”
Most pay careful attention to manufacturers’ sustainability claims about their products, with
82% of architects and 76% of interior designers agreeing this is the case.
2,466
Daily google searches for
“What is a green product”
Daily google searches for
“What is a green product”
26% of both
architects and
interior designers
agree that their clients
understand what the term
sustainability means.
architects and
interior designers
agree that their clients
understand what the term
sustainability means.
Over 500 #green
hashtags tweeted
per day
hashtags tweeted
per day
79,761 tweets about
green building
since January 1, 2011
green building
since January 1, 2011
1,882 clean-tech patentswere registered in 2010
More than half of architects (54%) and interior
designers (55%) expect their number of projects
with the goal of being sustainable will
increase in the coming year.
designers (55%) expect their number of projects
with the goal of being sustainable will
increase in the coming year.