ENR 2017 Top 100 Green Buildings Design Firms


August 2017

The market growth for green design and construction can be seen from the results of the ENR Top Green Buildings survey. As a group, the Top 100 Green Design Firms in 2016 generated $5.99 billion in design revenue from projects registered with and actively seeking certification from third-party ratings groups under objective sustainable-design standards, such as the USGBC’s LEED standards. For the group, this revenue is a healthy 11.6% increase from the $5.37 billion in 2015. Domestically, green design revenue rose an impressive 13.1%, to $4.83 billion, in 2016, from $4.27 billion in 2015. The Top 100 had $1.17 billion in revenue from green projects outside the U.S. in 2016, up 5.6% from 2015.


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ENR 2017 Top 100 Green Buildings Design Firms


RANK 2017 RANK 2016 FIRM GREEN ACCREDITED STAFF GREEN DESIGN REVENUE
1 1 GENSLER, San Francisco, Calif. 1646 894.27
2 2 AECOM, Los Angeles, Calif. 1000 720.00
3 4 ARUP, New York, N.Y. 189 329.26
4 3 HOK, St. Louis, Mo. 810 313.41
5 6 JACOBS, Dallas, Texas 522 299.91
6 5 PERKINS+WILL, Chicago, Ill. 1233 242.77
7 7 SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP, New York, N.Y. 249 192.98
8 8 HKS, Dallas, Texas 420 155.75
9 9 STANTEC INC., Irvine, Calif. 382 152.93
10 14 HDR, Omaha, Neb. 769 129.80
11 12 EYP INC., Albany, N.Y. 260 126.26
12 10 CH2M, Englewood, Colo. 287 123.26
13 20 DLR GROUP, Minneapolis, Minn. 288 119.15
14 ** CALLISON RTKL, Highlands Ranch, Colo. 1017 107.30
15 13 WSP, New York, N.Y. 250 103.40
16 11 SMITHGROUPJJR, Detroit, Mich. 438 100.45
17 37 BURNS & MCDONNELL, Kansas City, Mo. 410 86.48
18 17 THORNTON TOMASETTI INC., New York, N.Y. 189 71.27
19 ** HAMMEL, GREEN AND ABRAHAMSON (HGA), Minneapolis, Minn. 168 63.00
20 21 NBBJ, Seattle, Wash. 184 60.52
21 ** INTERTEK-PSI, Arlington Heights, Ill. NA 59.80
22 22 LPA INC., Irvine, Calif. 192 51.40
23 23 CORGAN, Dallas, Texas 105 49.01
24 28 BALLINGER, Philadelphia, Pa. 56 48.10
25 43 HNTB COS., Kansas City, Mo. 136 46.72
26 99 HMC ARCHITECTS, Los Angeles, Calif. 87 43.89
27 25 FENTRESS ARCHITECTS, Denver, Colo. 49 42.12
28 32 LMN ARCHITECTS, Seattle, Wash. 44 41.34
29 56 KENDALL/HEATON ASSOCIATES INC., Houston, Texas 10 39.30
30 ** ZGF ARCHITECTS LLP, Portland, Ore. 223 38.15
31 52 DAY & ZIMMERMANN, Philadelphia, Pa. 77 37.70
32 47 HASKELL, Jacksonville, Fla. 147 31.53
33 46 SHALOM BARANES ASSOCIATES PC, Washington, D.C. 51 29.70
34 53 NAC ARCHITECTURE, Spokane, Wash. 56 29.68
35 41 KIMLEY-HORN, Raleigh, N.C. 82 28.80
36 29 SYSKA HENNESSY GROUP, New York, N.Y. 104 27.16
37 50 FLAD ARCHITECTS, Madison, Wis. 123 26.56
38 62 BLACK & VEATCH, Overland Park, Kan. 93 26.43
39 16 KOHN PEDERSEN FOX ASSOCIATES PC, New York, N.Y. 69 26.36
40 26 ENNEAD ARCHITECTS LLP, New York, N.Y. 48 25.98
41 ** CO ARCHITECTS, Los Angeles, Calif. 26 25.55
42 24 PERKINS EASTMAN, New York, N.Y. 274 25.29
43 ** ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS, Boston, Mass. 116 25.26
44 ** HATHAWAY DINWIDDIE CONSTRUCTION CO., San Francisco, Calif. 112 25.00
45 36 GOETTSCH PARTNERS, Chicago, Ill. 40 24.95
46 31 ME ENGINEERS, Golden, Colo. 71 23.90
47 38 ADRIAN SMITH + GORDON GILL ARCHITECTURE, Chicago, Ill. 76 23.88
48 58 COOPER CARRY, Atlanta, Ga. 81 23.65
49 60 ROBERT A.M. STERN ARCHITECTS, New York, N.Y. 40 23.23
50 27 SOLOMON CORDWELL BUENZ, Chicago, Ill. 100 23.16
51 39 VANDERWEIL ENGINEERS, Boston, Mass. 86 23.01
52 40 CLARK NEXSEN INC., Virginia Beach, Va. 128 22.84
53 45 SMITH SECKMAN REID INC., Nashville, Tenn. 68 22.67
54 49 DEWBERRY, Fairfax, Va. 207 22.47
55 44 KIRKSEY ARCHITECTURE, Houston, Texas 51 21.80
56 51 GRIMM + PARKER ARCHITECTS, Calverton, Md. 48 20.80
57 35 WDG ARCHITECTURE PLLC, Washington, D.C. 36 20.20
58 42 EWINGCOLE, Philadelphia, Pa. 85 20.00
59 61 HORD COPLAN MACHT INC., Baltimore, Md. 129 18.60
60 65 FXFOWLE, New York, N.Y. 123 18.30
61 30 AYERS SAINT GROSS, Baltimore, Md. 83 18.26
62 ** HARLEY ELLIS DEVEREAUX (HED), Southfield, Mich. 138 17.96
63 54 GFF, Dallas, Texas 29 17.88
64 67 AFFILIATED ENGINEERS INC., Madison, Wis. 163 16.00
65 ** INTEGRAL GROUP, Oakland, Calif. 110 16.00
66 48 DESIMONE CONSULTING ENGINEERS, New York, N.Y. 32 15.32
67 59 GANNETT FLEMING, Camp Hill, Pa. 156 14.16
68 ** MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL, Pittsburgh, Pa. 122 14.04
69 ** PEI COBB FREED & PARTNERS, New York, N.Y. 20 13.97
70 70 DAVIS BRODY BOND, New York, N.Y. 8 13.62
71 82 RNL DESIGN INC., Denver, Colo. 57 13.60
72 63 WALTER P MOORE, Houston, Texas 68 13.26
73 75 GWWO INC./ARCHITECTS, Baltimore, Md. 23 11.98
74 64 LEGAT ARCHITECTS INC., Chicago, Ill. 19 11.69
75 71 SHP LEADING DESIGN, Cincinnati, Ohio 33 11.20
76 92 WIGHT & CO., Darien, Ill. 61 10.63
77 ** HMFH ARCHITECTS INC., Cambridge, Mass. 20 10.00
78 83 INTERFACE ENGINEERING, Portland, Ore. 48 9.90
79 98 TLC ENGINEERING FOR ARCHITECTURE INC., Orlando, Fla. 137 8.80
80 80 PSOMAS, Los Angeles, Calif. 137 8.60
81 ** JCJ ARCHITECTURE, Hartford, Conn. 31 8.39
82 69 ARC/ ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES CAMBRIDGE, Boston, Mass. 30 8.10
83 ** SHEPLEY BULFINCH, Boston, Mass. 76 8.01
84 ** KZF DESIGN, Cincinnati, Ohio 19 7.90
85 81 BRPH, Melbourne, Fla. 57 7.56
86 ** TSOI/KOBUS & ASSOCIATES, Cambridge, Mass. 19 7.40
87 ** ELLENZWEIG, Boston, Mass. 17 7.33
88 79 DAVIS PARTNERSHIP ARCHITECTS, Denver, Colo. 58 7.30
89 55 THE S/L/A/M COLLABORATIVE, Glastonbury, Conn. 32 7.10
90 ** SETTY, Fairfax, Va. 12 6.61
91 ** OMNIPLAN ARCHITECTS, Dallas, Texas 17 6.60
92 100 HEAPY ENGINEERING, Dayton, Ohio 103 6.20
93 ** GREC ARCHITECTS, Chicago, Ill. 11 6.00
94 ** GHAFARI ASSOCIATES, Dearborn, Mich. 40 5.50
95 88 LORD AECK SARGENT, Atlanta, Ga. 50 5.40
96 76 FANNING/HOWEY ASSOCIATES INC., Celina, Ohio 23 5.30
97 78 SSOE GROUP, Toledo, Ohio 50 4.88
98 84 ARCHITECTS HAWAII LTD., Honolulu, Hawaii 38 4.75
99 ** RBB ARCHITECTS INC., Los Angeles, Calif. 23 4.70
100 ** EPPSTEIN UHEN ARCHITECTS (EUA), Milwaukee, Wis. 31 4.65

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