Green Globes supports an integrated design approach to project delivery. Because ninety percent of design decisions are typically made during the first ten percent of the design process, using an integrated approach can help ensure that sustainability goals are established before design decisions have been made and that these are monitored throughout each stage of the project.

This helps to avoid unclear goals, disjointed efforts and miscommunications between team members. Many design teams often jump on the "green" bandwagon late in the design process after the majority of envelope, systems and site development choices have already been made. Making meaningful changes this late in the process is costly and in some cases impossible. Experience has shown that using integrated design produces cost economies and achieves a greater degree of sustainability compared to the conventional design process