TY - JOUR
T1 - Can a Green School Building Teach? A Pre- and Post-Occupancy Evaluation of a Teaching Green School Building
AU - Cole, Laura B.
AU - Hamilton, Erin M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - Amid increasing interests in social metrics within green buildings, this work focuses on buildings designed to enhance environmental education, here called “Teaching Green Buildings” (TGBs). This study examines one school building at three points in time before and after the move into a new construction TGB. Middle school students here and at a local, comparison Non-Green School (N = 264) took a survey measuring outcomes of green building knowledge (GBK) and environmentally responsible behaviors (ERBs). Regression results showed that GBK is significantly higher for students in the Green School compared with the Non-Green School, but is not increasing over time for students at the Green School. No differences were detected in ERBs across schools or time, and it was found that school practices, more than the green building itself, were pivotal in student choices to conduct ERBs at school.
AB - Amid increasing interests in social metrics within green buildings, this work focuses on buildings designed to enhance environmental education, here called “Teaching Green Buildings” (TGBs). This study examines one school building at three points in time before and after the move into a new construction TGB. Middle school students here and at a local, comparison Non-Green School (N = 264) took a survey measuring outcomes of green building knowledge (GBK) and environmentally responsible behaviors (ERBs). Regression results showed that GBK is significantly higher for students in the Green School compared with the Non-Green School, but is not increasing over time for students at the Green School. No differences were detected in ERBs across schools or time, and it was found that school practices, more than the green building itself, were pivotal in student choices to conduct ERBs at school.
KW - academic (schools, universities)
KW - academic field
KW - architecture
KW - content areas
KW - green building knowledge
KW - post-occupancy evaluation
KW - pro-environmental behavior
KW - research methods
KW - research setting/place type
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060733818&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0013916518825283
DO - 10.1177/0013916518825283
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85060733818
SN - 0013-9165
VL - 52
SP - 1047
EP - 1078
JO - Environment and Behavior
JF - Environment and Behavior
IS - 10
ER -