Constructing Green: The Social Structures of Sustainability

by Rebecca L. Henn

Experts consider green construction and the social, institutional, and cultural changes associated with it, through a sociological and organizational lens.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262519623
• ISBN13: 9780262519625
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher