Constructing green : the social structures of sustainability / edited by Rebecca L. Henn and Andrew J. Hoffman.
2013
HC79.E5 C6183 2013eb
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Title
Constructing green : the social structures of sustainability / edited by Rebecca L. Henn and Andrew J. Hoffman.
ISBN
9781461936404 (electronic bk.)
1461936403 (electronic bk.)
9780262315388 (electronic bk.)
0262315386 (electronic bk.)
9780262019415
0262019418
9780262519625
0262519623
1461936403 (electronic bk.)
9780262315388 (electronic bk.)
0262315386 (electronic bk.)
9780262019415
0262019418
9780262519625
0262519623
Publication Details
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 399 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
ebr10739589
Call Number
HC79.E5 C6183 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
658.4/083
Summary
"Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despite decades of investment in green construction technologies, residential and commercial buildings remain stubbornly energy inefficient. This book looks beyond the technological and material aspects of green construction to examine the cultural, social, and organizational shifts that sustainable building requires, examining the fundamental challenge to centuries-long traditions in design and construction that green building represents. The contributors consider the changes associated with green building through a sociological and organizational lens. They discuss shifts in professional expertise created by new social concerns about green building, including evolving boundaries of professional jurisdictions; changing industry strategies and structures, including the roles of ownership, supply firms, and market niches; new operational, organizational, and cultural arrangements, including the mainstreaming of environmental concerns; narratives and frames that influence the perception of green building; and future directions for the theory and practice of sustainable construction. The essays offer uniquely multidisciplinary insights into the transformative potential of green building and the obstacles that must be overcome to make it the norm."--Provided by publisher.
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Added Author
Henn, Rebecca L., 1970- editor.
Hoffman, Andrew J., 1961- editor.
Biggart, Nicole Woolsey, author of foreword.
Hoffman, Andrew J., 1961- editor.
Biggart, Nicole Woolsey, author of foreword.
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