Looking Green &
Being Green
Using Sustainable
Construction
Practices
Environmental Center Snap talk
Beth M. Duckles
Department 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!