Questionnaire on Sustainable Building--Summary of Responses
Miriam Landman, Tufts University

 

10. IF YOU RECEIVED PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLING, TO WHAT EXTENT WERE YOU EDUCATED ABOUT SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ISSUES DURING YOUR DEGREE OR TRAINING PROGRAM?

2 8% Frequently    (1 architect, 1 engineer)
9 36% Occasionally (incl. all s.b. consultants)
6 24% Rarely
7 28% Never

(1 blank: 4%)

Only two respondents--an architect and an engineer--(8%) had "frequently" been educated about sustainable building issues through their degree or training programs. The rest had a variety of experiences; some had occasionally (36%), some had rarely (24%), and some had never (28%) been educated about sustainable building issues during their professional schooling.

Comparison with Responses to Questions #3 and #5:
The two respondents who said that they were "frequently" educated about sustainable building issues during their professional schooling both attended technical institutes (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Georgia Institute of Technology), and are both in their 20s, whereas all but one of the seven respondents who said that they were "never" educated about such issues in school attended universities (Brown University, Cornell University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Virginia, and Yale University; the other respondent attended the Boston Architectural Center), and five out of the seven are in their 40s and 50s.