Building for People:
Integrating Social Justice into Green Design

The term social justice, long applied to political and economic issues, is coming up more often in conversations about green building, covering everything from accessibility and affordability to indoor environmental quality and materials sourcing. Broadly speaking, just about every decision made by project teams and building owners can be said to have a social impact. Incorporating social justice into a building begins at the earliest stages of design, when project teams can encourage clients to think about the social impacts...