Looking Green & Being Green Using Sustainable Construction

Practices

Environmental Center Snap talk Beth M. DucklesDepartment of Sociology

Why is a sociologist studying green

buildings?

How do we define a green building?

US Green Building Council

LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Why are we not building green?

Why are we not building green?

Why are we building green?

What do green buildings look

like?

Construction Industry and Green

How do sustainable

ideals influence the work of

building professionals?

What is the process to change the

definition of a green building?

These questions matter!