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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Build Environ. 2016 Nov 25;114:178–186. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.11.041

Table 2.

Demographic breakdown of participants in each building classification

High-Performing Green Certified High-Performing Non-Certified
Number of Participants1 69 40
Gender
 Male 55% 54%
 Female 45% 46%
Age
 20–30 39% 28%
 31–40 21% 33%
 41–50 21% 15%
 51–60 18% 15%
 61–70 1% 8%
Ethnicity
 White/Caucasian 70% 56%
 Black or African American 6% 10%
 Asian 7% 8%
 Latino 7% 13%
 Other 9% 13%
Highest level of Schooling
 High School Graduate 0% 10%
 Some College 12% 26%
 College Degree 63% 49%
 Graduate Degree 25% 15%
Job Category
 Managerial 22% 10%
 Professional 45% 54%
 Technical 6% 18%
 Secretarial or Clerical 18% 15%
 Other 9% 3%
Total Annual Earnings
 <$50,000 34% 13%
 $50,000–$75,000 21% 41%
 $75,000–$100,000 10% 21%
 $100,000–$150,000 27% 18%
 >$150,000 7% 8%
1

Includes 2 participants in green certified buildings and 1 in non-certified buildings who did not complete the baseline survey