Sustainable property investment: Valuing sustainable buildings through property performance assessment

Building Research and Information

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 212-234

  Lützkendorf, Thomas ^a   Lorenz, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental performance; Key performance indicators; Life cycle analysis; Life cycle costing; Post occupancy evaluation; Property valuation; Risk assessment; Sustainable buildings; Sustainable development; Trends

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INSURANCE; INVESTMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION; PROPERTY VALUATION; SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 19944418269     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210500070359     Document Type: Article

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