With the green building movement now in its second decade, Giants 300 firms have made sustainability comparable to breathing. They do it automatically.
New this year: charts showing the total number of green accredited staff—in addition to LEED APs and LEED Green Associates, the total includes Certified Energy Auditors and Managers, Certified Sustainable Building Advisors, Green Advantage Certified Professionals, Green Globes Assessors and Professionals, Green Roof Professionals, and High-Performance Building Design Professionals.
Note: An AEC professional who is, for example, both a LEED AP and a CEM would be counted in both categories.
Below, you’ll find rankings of green accredited professionals as a percentage of total employees in the firm. We did this to recognize smaller firms that have a high percentage of green-certified staff. +
TOP 10 GREEN BUILDING ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Green Revenue ($) |
1 | Gensler | 392,000,000 |
2 | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | 165,750,000 |
3 | HOK | 164,680,868 |
4 | HDR Architecture | 137,120,000 |
5 | Perkins+Will | 131,350,000 |
6 | HKS | 119,325,668 |
7 | NBBJ | 106,167,000 |
8 | ZGF Architects | 75,600,000 |
9 | HNTB Architecture | 62,139,956 |
10 | RTKL Associates | 60,000,000 |
TOP 10 GREEN BUILDING ENGINEERING FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Green Revenue ($) |
1 | Stantec | 189,400,000 |
2 | URS Corp. | 137,048,000 |
3 | AECOM Technology Corp. | 118,000,000 |
4 | Jacobs | 102,496,836 |
5 | Arup | 60,960,000 |
6 | KPFF Consulting Engineers | 50,000,000 |
7 | Burns & McDonnell | 43,747,479 |
8 | Syska Hennessy Group | 43,150,000 |
9 | WSP USA | 34,500,000 |
10 | Parsons Brinckerhoff | 34,400,000 |
TOP 10 GREEN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Green Revenue ($) |
1 | Turner Corporation, The | 4,540,280,000 |
2 | URS Corp. | 3,875,000,000 |
3 | Clark Group | 2,324,000,000 |
4 | Balfour Beatty US | 2,137,850,000 |
5 | Gilbane Building Co. | 2,085,018,000 |
6 | Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The | 1,911,396,378 |
7 | PCL Construction Enterprises | 1,730,300,000 |
8 | Hensel Phelps Construction | 1,476,940,000 |
9 | Holder Construction | 1,061,000,000 |
10 | Barton Malow Co. | 1,005,440,388 |
TOP 10 GREEN ACCREDITED STAFF AT ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Green Accredited Staff |
1 | Gensler | 1211 |
2 | Perkins+Will | 986 |
3 | HOK | 854 |
4 | HDR Architecture | 802 |
5 | Cannon Design | 397 |
6 | SmithGroupJJR | 367 |
7 | HKS, Inc. | 342 |
8 | IBI Group | 313 |
9 | RTKL Associates | 242 |
10 | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | 235 |
TOP 10 GREEN ACCREDITED STAFF AT ENGINEERING FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Green Accredited Staff |
1 | AECOM Technology Corp. | 914 |
2 | Stantec | 664 |
3 | Jacobs | 559 |
4 | URS Corp. | 501 |
5 | Burns & McDonnell | 272 |
6 | Arup | 233 |
7 | Parsons Brinckerhoff | 223 |
8 | WSP USA | 200 |
9 | Clark Nexsen | 191 |
10 | Dewberry | 178 |
TOP 10 GREEN ACCREDITED STAFF AT CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 Green Accredited Staff |
1 | Turner Corporation, The | 1251 |
2 | Jones Lang LaSalle | 1250 |
3 | Gilbane Building Co. | 481 |
4 | Balfour Beatty US | 446 |
5 | McCarthy Holdings | 407 |
6 | DPR Construction | 399 |
7 | JE Dunn Construction | 390 |
8 | Clark Group | 355 |
9 | PCL Construction Enterprises | 336 |
10 | Hensel Phelps Construction | 325 |
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