摘要：SummaryInfrastructure professionals (N = 261) were randomly assigned to either a future or present-framed project description and asked to recommend design attributes for an infrastructure project. The future-framed condition led professionals to propose a significantly longer infrastructure design life, useful life to the community, and acceptable return on financial investment. The findings suggest a straightforward and inexpensive way to lessen present bias in various design contextsGraphical abstractDisplay OmittedHighlights•Designers were temporally primed prior to engaging in a design decision scenario•The prime was delivered through word tense changes to a request for proposal•The future orientation significantly improved the sustainability of design concepts•Results indicate present bias can be reduced through changes to design documentsCivil engineering; Construction engineering; Interdisciplinary application studies; Sociology
