About

Member Since: 2009

Member Offices: Chicago

Website: http://www.esdglobal.com/

Environmental Systems Design improves society through the built environment. They create design solutions that not only meet their client / partner's needs and expectations but provide a safe environment to communicate, inspire, create, innovate, and evolve.

To do this they champion inclusion and collaboration both in-house and with clients. Having the ability to assemble project teams from a professional pool of 275+ people allows them to explore, collaborate, and share lessons learned from their diverse staff and utilize best practices when developing options and solutions to design challenges.

Above all, the value they place on the health and safety of their employees and clients through their design is paramount in their philosophic approach.

Fields of Expertise

Building Automation Control Systems

Buildings

Rank
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

Height

1

Uptown Dubai Tower 1

711 m / 2,333 ft

2

Wuhan Greenland Center

475.6 m / 1,560 ft

3

Lakhta Center

462 m / 1,516 ft

4

FORZA Tower

460 m / 1,509 ft

5

Willis Tower

442.1 m / 1,451 ft

6

Uptown Tower

340 m / 1,115 ft

7

Xinda Kingtown International Center Tower 1

320 m / 1,050 ft

8

Bank of America Plaza

311.8 m / 1,023 ft

9

Two Prudential Plaza

303.3 m / 995 ft

10

Suzhou Keyne Center Office and Hotel

300 m / 984 ft

Awards

Lakhta Center

Winner: Lakhta Center

Façade Engineering Award 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Mehdi Jalayerian

Mehdi Jalayerian

CTBUH Working Group: MEP, 2018 – Present

Chicago

Tyler Jensen

Tyler Jensen

CTBUH MEP Systems Committee, 2018 – Present

Chicago

Associated companies

Rank
Name
City
Height

1

One Dubai Tower A

Dubai

1008 m

3,307 ft

2

Jeddah Tower

Jeddah

1000 m

3,281 ft

3

One Dubai Tower B

Dubai

874 m

2,867 ft

4

Uptown Dubai Tower 1

Dubai

711 m

2,333 ft

5

One Dubai Tower C

Dubai

685 m

2,247 ft

6

Wuhan Greenland Center

Wuhan

636 m

2,087 ft

7

Wuhan Greenland Center

Wuhan

476 m

1,560 ft

8

Chengdu Greenland Tower

Chengdu

468 m

1,535 ft

9

Lakhta Center

St. Petersburg

462 m

1,516 ft

10

FORZA Tower

Bogota

460 m

1,509 ft

11

Dancing Dragon Tower 1

Seoul

446 m

1,463 ft

12

Willis Tower

Chicago

442 m

1,451 ft

13

Multifunctional Highrise Complex - Akhmat Tower

Groznyj

435 m

1,427 ft

14

Dancing Dragon Tower 2

Seoul

378 m

1,240 ft

15

Uptown Tower

Dubai

340 m

1,115 ft

16

Xinda Kingtown International Center Tower 1

Suzhou

320 m

1,050 ft

17

Bank of America Plaza

Atlanta

312 m

1,023 ft

18

Two Prudential Plaza

Chicago

303 m

995 ft

19

Suzhou Keyne Center Office and Hotel

Suzhou

300 m

984 ft

20

900 North Michigan Avenue

Chicago

265 m

869 ft

21

Xinda Kingtown International Center Tower 2

Suzhou

260 m

853 ft

22

Park Tower

Chicago

257 m

844 ft

23

110 North Wacker

Chicago

249 m

817 ft

24

Qintai International Tower

Wuhan

248 m

814 ft

25

FKI Tower

Seoul

246 m

805 ft

26

BMO Tower

Chicago

222 m

727 ft

27

Suzhou Keyne Center Residential Tower

Suzhou

220 m

722 ft

28

111 South Wacker

Chicago

208 m

681 ft

29

71 South Wacker

Chicago

207 m

679 ft

30

77 West Wacker Drive

Chicago

204 m

668 ft

31

UBS Tower

Chicago

199 m

652 ft

32

258 City Road

Melbourne

198 m

650 ft

33

155 North Wacker

Chicago

195 m

638 ft

34

The Heritage at Millennium Park

Chicago

192 m

631 ft

35

353 North Clark

Chicago

190 m

623 ft

36

Vantone Center

Tianjin

185 m

607 ft

37

333 South Wabash

Chicago

183 m

601 ft

38

Citadel Center

Chicago

177 m

580 ft

39

The Fordham

Chicago

175 m

574 ft

40

Loews Chicago Hotel

Chicago

173 m

569 ft

41

Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2

Chengdu

173 m

568 ft

42

Streeter Place

Chicago

169 m

554 ft

43

Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3

Chengdu

166 m

545 ft

44

The Pinnacle

Chicago

163 m

535 ft

45

601 West Monroe Phase 1

Chicago

161 m

527 ft

46

10 South Wacker

Chicago

159 m

520 ft

46

30 South Wacker

Chicago

159 m

520 ft

48

CNA Center

Chicago

158 m

517 ft

49

Al Khatem Tower

Abu Dhabi

155 m

509 ft

49

Al Maqam Tower

Abu Dhabi

155 m

509 ft

51

The Bristol

Chicago

149 m

488 ft

52

1 Bank of America Center

Charlotte

148 m

484 ft

53

601 West Monroe Phase 2

Chicago

140 m

458 ft

54

540 West Madison Street

Chicago

138 m

453 ft

55

PPA 30 Parcel 3.10

Riyadh

138 m

453 ft

56

200 Squared

Chicago

137 m

449 ft

57

Marriott Marquis Chicago

Chicago

135 m

444 ft

58

Wrigley Building

Chicago

134 m

438 ft

59

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Chicago

132 m

431 ft

60

Al Sarab Tower

Abu Dhabi

131 m

430 ft

60

Al Sila Tower

Abu Dhabi

131 m

430 ft

62

Five One Five North State

Chicago

130 m

427 ft

63

Ferry Island Building 1 North Tower

London

129 m

423 ft

64

The Sinclair

Chicago

128 m

420 ft

65

10 East Delaware

Chicago

126 m

415 ft

66

Galter Pavilion

Chicago

123 m

402 ft

67

420 East Ohio

Chicago

122 m

400 ft

68

River View II

Chicago

122 m

399 ft

69

Al Maryah Tower

Abu Dhabi

120 m

394 ft

70

Wells Street Tower

Chicago

118 m

388 ft

71

PPA 30 Parcel 5.03 Tower 1

Riyadh

105 m

344 ft

72

Hyatt Regency McCormick Place

Chicago

105 m

344 ft

73

Assuta Bauhaus Village

Tel Aviv

103 m

337 ft

74

840 North Lake Shore Drive

Chicago

100 m

329 ft

75

River View I

Chicago

98 m

321 ft

76

Prentice Women's Hospital

Chicago

96 m

316 ft

77

River North Marriott Suites

Chicago

91 m

298 ft

78

Feinberg Pavillion

Chicago

91 m

297 ft

79

Wrigley Building North Addition

Chicago

90 m

294 ft

80

Sherman Plaza

Evanston

84 m

276 ft

81

22 West Washington

Chicago

84 m

276 ft

82

Chicago Board of Trade Addition

Chicago

84 m

275 ft

83

555 West Monroe Street

Chicago

79 m

260 ft

84

Rush University Medical Center Hospital Tower

Chicago

77 m

252 ft

85

Obama Presidential Center

Chicago

72 m

235 ft

86

R+D 659

Chicago

58 m

191 ft

87

Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Chicago

53 m

175 ft

88

ALLY

Chicago

44 m

144 ft

89

Ashley Road East

London

- m

- ft

89

Ferry Island Building 1 South Tower

London

- m

- ft

91

North Island Tower

London

- m

- ft

92

Welbourne Plot Tower

London

- m

- ft

93

Ashley Road West

London

- m

- ft

94

Ferry Island Building 2

London

- m

- ft

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Environmental Systems Design, Inc.

CTBUH Chicago Tours Willis Tower Renovations

28 August 2019

CTBUH Chicago led an illuminating tour of the wholesale renovation of the base of Willis Tower, the largest such construction project to take place since the building’s completion

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.

CCHRB Addresses Question: “Refurbish, Repurpose or Replace?”

12 June 2014

A recent seminar of CCHRB, co-sponsored by CTBUH, thoroughly examined the question of how cities should deal with existing, outdated tall buildings.

YPC Presents on Complex Chicago Mixed-Use Project

16 April 2014

The Young Professionals Committee of CTBUH facilitated a roundtable discussion on Chicago’s under-construction mixed-use development 455 North Park Drive, at Crown Hall, Illinois Instit

Event Focuses on Combining Fire Safety and Sustainability

07–08 November 2012

The CTBUH participated in a symposium to address the complex issues of integrating fire safety design with sustainability.

Shanghai Congress News Day Congress: Day Three

21 September 2012

See the highlights from the third day of the CTBUH 2012 Shanghai Congress including the plenary on the past, present, and future World's Tallest Buildings.