Big Green: Finding a green firm/Green Pioneers

[Dean Sherwin]

seems there should be some serendipity between these two great 
general info questions
If a principal in a firm that claims to be "green"  is not familiar 
with the work of, say, at least three people from our putative list, 
it's probable they are not serious in the metier.
Almost every architectural firm I work with has a Green wannabe side, 
but so few are really technically competent and wedded to it in their 
bones.  And personally I do not think it should just be a 
green"studio" within the firm, but a whole mindset about the built 
environment.  At the first hint of budget unease from the client, so 
many of those green "features"  have a habit of dropping out.

Dean Sherwin

At 09:44 AM 5/23/2008, Pavlova Ludmilla wrote:

>A couple of years ago I thought it might be interesting to apply for
>work back in the design sector.  I was most interested in finding a firm
>that had a commitment to sustainable design, so the question I asked
>first was:  do you keep a project team together from start to finish or
>do you pass planning work on to detailers!  At the time I could not find
>a large firm with institutional higher ed and research lab clients that
>committed to doing that, so I stayed put.  I cannot imagine how you can
>deliver a good, green building if you hold back the people who detail
>the construction from being part of the design process.  So I would ask
>if integrated design is practiced as a core principle.