research + curriculum projects

Signage is a common way to educate green building users, but little is known about efficacy of common approaches. This in-progress pilot project advances and tests the "Mindfulness Model for Green Building Communication"

Project co-led with Dr. Erin Hamilton

EYE is an energy literacy curricular unit designed to help 6th graders make connections between energy systems and green building design.

 ENCORE Learning Lab Project 

An interdisciplinary team of designers and educators is currently developing and piloting a 2.5D serious game to engage middle school students in natural and artificial lighting design for energy conservation.

 ENCORE Learning Lab Project 

We are developing and testing an elementary science unit that uses green roof technologies to teach the water cycle.

ENCORE Learning Lab Project

This pilot project examined if and how access to a sustainable outdoor classroom enhanced energy education in the elementary science classroom.

 ENCORE Learning Lab Project 

 This case study research project examines eight science museums across the United States to better understand how and if science museums use their green buildings to further green building education.

Project co-led with Dr. Georgia Lindsay 

This project examined five unique case schools across the U.S. to examine the potential for green school buildings to be used as teaching tools for sustainability education.