Design Research: Sustainable Design

Sustainable architecture includes innovative designs or a thousand year old designs that are being rediscovered and will be adapted to modern lifestyle and to your personal needs while respecting a more sustainable lifestyle. Well-thought energy efficient concepts are important as they can reduce the energy necessity of your home to zero, something that is much harder to achieve with retrofitting of an existing building.


Innovative Design, Inc. - Sustainable Architecture based in Raleigh, N.C. The company specializes in sustainable architecture and has many years of experience in energy efficient, high performance, environmentally sensitive design.

Bergworks GBM main page based in N.Y. “We see sustainable design as an inseparable part of good design. Green principles are woven into all our projects, incorporated so that they enhance rather than compromise design. The project history includes a wide range of commissions from urban planning and large scale development to houses and additions to apartment, loft and house renovations and commercial interiors as well as the design of custom and production furniture.”

The Epsten Group - Architecture, Engineering and Consulting Services for Residential and Commercial Clients based in Georgia. Leading environmental architectural firm in Georgia. Special expertise in healthy home consulting, environmentally sound construction materials and specifications, energy and day lighting design, water conservation and treatment, and working with ecologically sensitive sites. Ms. Epsten’s design for an environmentally sound, affordable, prototype home has received national attention and an AIA award. The Epsten Group serves clients nationwide and abroad.

Living Designs Group - Home is an architecture and engineering firm specializing in the integration of sustainable design elements for residential and commercial projects based in Florida. Whether your project is a luxurious resort with a complete energy independency, a land development with infrastructure for a new community, or simply a small home gently oriented with the sun, Living Designs Group will help you realize your desires.

Ecological Architecture is a company that has dealt with residential & commercial projects since 1982, and is based in Colorado. Contextual based solutions w/ sustainable, solar, & natural materials.

Common Sense Design, Alternative Architecture and Design Consulting is based in California. Can be described as a small architecture firm located in Sonoma County, California. We work collaboratively to create innovative, non-generic buildings and places which are respectful of the local built traditions, thoughtfully integrated into the natural landscape, sited in harmony with the local climate, built with simple, natural materials, and which evoke a sense of playfulness.

Hubbell and Hubbell - Home is yet another firm based in California. The company is described as a design that heals the soul and renews the spirit through organic design and art solutions supporting sustainable ways of living.

IndigoArch is a design firm based in California that have LEED certified architects. “We stay true to 3 decades of ecological commitment by our principals, showing that green architecture can be implemented in a practical and cost-effective manner. We take advantage of the diverse ethnic and professional backgrounds of our staff members who hale from South America, Central Asia and both coasts of the United States.”

Solar Power and Renewable Energy for Custom Homes and Sustainable Development is sustainable design firm based in Massachusetts. Solar Design Associates (SDA) is a group of architects and engineers dedicated to the design of sustainable buildings and the engineering and integration of renewable energy systems that incorporate the latest in innovative technology. Since its founding in 1974, the firm has earned an international reputation for the pioneering integration of renewable energy - especially solar-generated electricity - with environmentally responsive building design. The firm offers a wide diversity of services to private, commercial, research, and utility clients.

William Maclay Architects & Planners is an architecture and planning firm in Vermont specializing in the design of buildings that take care of human needs and aspirations while incorporating energy and resource conservation, optimal indoor air quality, healthy building design technologies and environmentally responsive land use planning.