Constructing Green The Social Structures of Sustainability 1st Edition by Rebecca L Henn ISBN 0262315386 9780262315388

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ISBN 10: 0262315386
ISBN 13: 9780262315388
Author: Rebecca L Henn

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.

Constructing Green The Social Structures of Sustainability 1st Table of contents:

PART I: EMERGING PROFESSIONS AND EXPERTISE
1. Introduction to Constructing Green and the Social Structures of Sustainability
2. Building Expertise: Renovation as Professional Innovation
3. LEED, Collaborative Rationality, and Green Building Public Policy
4. Beyond Platinum: Making the Case for Titanium Buildings

PART II: MARKET STRUCTURES AND STRATEGIES
5. Why Multinational Corporations Still Need to Keep It Local: Environment, Operations, and Ownership in the Hospitality Industry
6. The Evolution of the Green Building Supply Industry: Entrepreneurial Entrants and Diversifying Incumbents
7. Individual Projects as Portals for Mainstreaming Niche Innovations

PART III: OPERATIONAL, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND CULTURAL CHANGE
8. Empowering the Inhabitant: Communications Technologies, Responsive Interfaces, and Living in Sustainable Buildings
9. Building Up to Organizational Sustainability: How the Greening of Places Transforms Organizations
10. Green School Building Success: Innovation through a Flat Team Approach
11. Generativity: Reconceptualizing the Benefits of Green Buildings

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