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. Constructing
Green: Social Structures of Sustainability 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. 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.
Five of the 40 contributing authors have ties to Colorado
State University and the Institute for the Built Environment. Jeni Cross, Brian Dunbar, and Lenora Bohren
are IBE directors, Bill Franzen, is an IBE Advisory Board member and green
school advisor. Clayton Bartczak is a
CSU Department of Construction Management alumnus and former IBE intern.
More information on Constructing
Green: Social Structures of Sustainability, published by The MIT Press, is
available at the following website https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/constructing-green.
