Engineering News-Record recently released its annual list of Top 100 Green Design Firms. The list is based on design revenue from registered sustainable projects. ENR annual Sourcebooks and Top Lists are the industry standard references for leadership and market trends. According to ENR, these “Top 100 Green Design Firms generated $2.85 billion in revenue in 2008 from projects registered with such green design programs as the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), an increase of 63.9% over $1.74 billion in 2007.”

RANK    FIRM NAME & LOCATION
1              HOK, St. Louis, Mo.
2             URS Corp., San Francisco, Calif.
3             Perkins+Will, Chicago, Ill.
4             AECOM Technology Corp., Los Angeles, Calif.
5            HKS Inc., Dallas, Texas
6            Gensler, San Francisco, Calif.
7            HDR, Omaha, Neb.
8           Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP, Portland, Ore.
9          Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc., Raleigh, N.C.
10      Tetra Tech Inc., Pasadena, Calif.
11        LPA Inc., Irvine, Calif.
12        Perkins Eastman, New York, N.Y.
13        SmithGroup Inc., Detroit, Mich.
14        Callison, Seattle, Wash.
15        KlingStubbins, Philadelphia, Pa.
16        Corgan Associates Inc., Dallas, Texas
17        RMJM, New York, N.Y.
18        Anshen+Allen Architects, San Francisco, Calif.
19        RTKL Associates Inc., Baltimore, Md.
20        Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City, Mo.
21        WSP USA, New York, N.Y.
22        Vanderweil Engineers, Boston, Mass.
23        Burt Hill, Washington, D.C.
24        Cannon Design, Grand Island, N.Y.
25        FXFOWLE, New York, N.Y.

View the complete list at the Engineering News-Record web site.

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Tracey de Morsella started her career working as an editor for US Technology Magazine. She used that experience to launch Delaware Valley Network, a publication for professionals in the Greater Philadelphia area. Years later, she used the contacts and resources she acquired to work in executive search specializing in technical and diversity recruitment. She has conducted recruitment training seminars for Wachovia Bank, the Department of Interior and the US Postal Service. During this time, she also created a diversity portal called The Multicultural Advantage and published the Diversity Recruitment Advertising Toolkit, a directory of recruiting resources for human resources professionals. Her career and recruitment articles have appeared in numerous publications and web portals including Woman Engineer Magazine, Monster.com, About.com Job Search Channel, Workplace Diversity Magazine, Society for Human Resource Management web site, NSBE Engineering Magazine, HR.com, and Human Resource Consultants Association Newsletter. Her work with technology professionals drew her to pursuing training and work in web development, which led to a stint at Merrill Lynch as an Intranet Manager. In March, she decided to combine her technical and career management expertise with her passion for the environment, and with her husband, launched The Green Economy Post, a blog providing green career information and covering the impact of the environment, sustainable building, cleantech and renewable energy on the US economy. Her sustainability articles have appeared on Industrial Maintenance & Plant Operation, Chem.Info,FastCompany and CleanTechies.