Constructing green the social structures of sustainability / edited by Rebecca L. Henn and Andrew J. Hoffman. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xiv, 399 pages) : illustrations. - Urban and industrial environments .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Integrating the social into the built environment / Introduction / Building expertise : renovation as professional innovation / LEED, collaborative rationality, and green building public policy / Beyond platinum : making the case for titanium buildings / Market structures and strategies. -- Why multinational corporations still need to keep it local : environment, operations, and ownership in the hospitality industry / The evolution of the green building supply industry : entrepreneuerial entrants and diversifying incumbents / Individual projects as portals for mainstreaming niche innovations / Nicole Woolsey Biggart -- Rebecca I. Henn and Andrew J. Hoffman -- Kathryn B. Janda and Gavin Killip ; -- Nicholas B. Rakjovich, Alison G. Kwok , and Larissa Larsen ; -- Jock Herron, Amy C. Edmondson, and Robert G. Eccles -- Jie J. Zhang, Nitin R. Joglekar, and Rohit Verma ; -- Michael Conger and Jeffrey G. York ; -- Ellen van Bueren and Bertien Broekhans. Operational, organizational, and cultural change. -- Empowering the inhabitant : communcations technologies, responsive interfaces, and living in sustainable buildings / Building up to organizational sustainability : how the greening of places transforms organizations / Green school building success : innovation through a falt team approach / Generativity : reconceptualizing the benefits of green buildings / Perceptions, frames, and narratives. -- Conveying greenness : sustainable ideals and organizational narratives about LEED-certified buildings / Challenging the imperative to build : the case of a controversial bridge at a world heritage site / Incorporating biophilic design through living walls : the decision-making process / Perspectives on the future. -- Constructing green : challenging conventional building practices / Constructing the biophilic communitry / Kathy Velikov [and 5 others] ; -- Christine Monder, David Deal, and Stephen Hockley ; -- Michelle A. Meyer [and 4 others] ; -- Ronald Fry and Garima Sharma -- Beth M. Duckles ; -- Olivier Berthod ; -- Clayton Bartczak, Brian Dunbar, and Lenora Bohren -- Monica Ponce de Leon ; -- William Browning.



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Sustainable development.
Social responsibility of business.


Electronic Books.

HC79 / .C667 2013