A qualitative study of facilities and their environmental performance

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 154-173

  Tarcan, Ertugrul ^a   Varol, Ergin Sait ^a   Ates, Metin ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Buildings; Environmental health and safety; Facilities; Performance levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744510261     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830410523099     Document Type: Article

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68. Tooling & Production (1997), "Lighting affects absenteeism", Tooling & Production, Vol. 62 No. 11, pp. 14-15.
69. Varcoe, B.J. (1997), "Principles and processes of facilities performance measurement", FM Data Monthly Online Edition, pp. 1-7, available at: www.fmdata.com/fmdm/issues/9702/varcoe.htm.
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