...Robert W. Marans; Jack Y. Edelstein Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the behaviors, attitudes, and levels of understanding among faculty, staff, and students in efforts to design programs aimed at reducing energy use in University of Michigan (UM) buildings. Design/methodology...

...Gregory R.A. Richardson; Jennifer K. Lynes Purpose To explore the barriers and motivations to the construction of green buildings at the University of Waterloo (UW) by documenting and analysing the UW building process. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted 13 semi‐structured...

... Americans Experimental learning Sustainable development Education Buildings United States of America A shift is currently taking place in the design and construction of the built environment. Warnings issued by NGOs and other groups about the risk of human activity to ecological stability...

...Singh Intrachooto; Daniel Arons This article observes how, in today’s common building practice, design practitioners seldom utilize the expertise of researchers in building‐related fields. The lack of the collaboration may be due as much to the “applicability gap” between research and practice...