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Climate change: What’s your AEC firm doing about it?

July 30, 2008

Building Design and Construction

Ninety-two percent of respondents to an exclusive Building Design+Construction survey of AEC professionals said their firms have taken at least one internal action to address climate change. Office waste recycling (81%), Energy Star equipment purchasing (61%), and energy-saving lighting (59%) topped the list. What innovations is your firm making to reduce greenhouse gases—in your offices and in your projects? Send an email to BD+C’s Rob Cassidy: rcassidy@reedbusiness.com. These results will be reported in BD+C’s 6^th White Paper, “Green Buildings + Climate Change” (Nov 2008).

Q.4: Please indicate what CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMS your own firm or organization has established internally and which you plan to implement in the next two years. Click one circle next to each program. If you have no plans to implement a particular program, please click the last circle in the row. RANKED BY "HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED "	Have already implemented	Plan to implement in next 2 years	No plans to implement
Net one or more	92%	74%	97%
Mean number	5.3	3.9	8.7
Instituted office waste recycling	81%	7%	12%
Purchased Energy Star office equipment or appliances	61%	16%	23%
Installed lighting controls, CFLs, LEDs, etc.	59%	19%	23%
Encouraged/incentivized employees to use public transit	37%	14%	49%
Encouraged/incentivized carpooling	30%	18%	52%
Encouraged/incentivized telecommuting or part-time work at home	30%	19%	51%
Eliminated or restricted bottled water	30%	17%	54%
Education programs specifically on climate change	28%	26%	46%
Pursued or achieved LEED, Green Globes, or Energy Star certified building or interior fitout for our own facilities	26%	30%	44%
Encouraged/incentivized employees to bike to work	24%	14%	62%
Encouraged/incentivized use of hybrid or shared vehicles	22%	19%	59%
Provided compressed work week	22%	16%	62%
Purchased green power	13%	21%	66%
Enabled "hoteling" in office space	12%	12%	76%
Achieved carbon neutrality for business operations	5%	22%	73%
Purchased carbon offsets (e.g., for business travel)	5%	14%	81%

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