Sustainable Design
Green design is design that goes beyond being just efficient, attractive, on time and on budget. It is a design that cares about how such goals are achieved, about its effect on people and on the environment. An environmentally responsible professional makes a commitment to constantly try to find ways to diminish design's impact on the world around us. It is also a smart way of doing business: sustainable design is the fastest growing segment of our industry. For more about ASID's adoption of sustainable design as a platform issue of the Society, please click here. To find a designer with sustainable design expertise, please click here and enter words like "green", "sustainable" or "LEED" in the Keyword Search field.
ASID’s Sustainable Design Council presentation on "Environmentally Preferable Coverings - A Chat with ASID Sustainable Design Council."
To view the presentation, click on the links below and download the PDF files:
ASID’s Sustainable Design Council presents at Coverings 09 - click here to see their presentation.
Suzan Globus, FASID, LEED® AP sits down with Suzan Szenasy, Editor in Chief of Metropolis magazine, to discuss sustainablility and social responsiblity in design. To view to the interview, please click here.
The ASID Foundation and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have partnered on the development of REGREEN, the nation's first sustainable residential remodeling guidelines. The program is designed for use by residential designers, construction professionals and homeowners alike, and includes best practice guidelines and targeted educational resources for sustainable residential improvement projects.
ASID is excited to be a founding partner of Mission Zero, an online community working to develop real and lasting solutions to the pressing problems facing our planet. ASID firmly believes in the cross-discipline information sharing intended for Mission Zero and looks forward to being an active participant in the exchange of ideas.
ASID is one of the many organizations, cities, counties and states that have committed to the 2030 Challenge, the aggressive campaign to dramatically reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions within the building sector by the year 2030. “As part of an industry that works within the built environment, the 2030 Challenge gives design professionals an opportunity to help transform the building sector from one of the main contributors of greenhouse gas emissions to a key part of the solution,” says Michael Alin, Hon. FASID, ASID Executive Director.
The Hospitality Industry Network Resources Directory
(Sustainable resources for hospitality)
ASID Research Series on Sustainability: Interior Design and Global Impacts
This series of sustainable design white papers researched and written by industry thought leaders in sustainable design was created especially to address topics of sustainability as it relates to the interior design profession and includes
- Beyond Interior Design
- Indoor Air Quality
- Materials and Products
- Selling Green
- Reference Guide
The publications can be purchased individually or as a set. Purchase of any individual publication includes a free PDF version of the Reference Guide. A printed copy of the Reference Guide is included at no additional charge when you buy the complete set. Click here to download a PDF order form.