Emina Kristina Petrović is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainability in Design at the Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. She received her Master of Architecture and Ph.D. in Architecture from the Victoria University of Wellington in 2003 and 2014, respectively. Her research focuses on sustainable building materials through examination of their conceptual and practical roles. She is recognized for her expertise on toxicity, sustainability, and healthiness of building materials, and for calling for a more detailed consideration of buildings and building materials for the totality of their impacts, from ecosystem health to ethics of production. Currently, she is involved with research projects which examine aspects of system and behavior change in the building industry.
