Economic aspect of houses' green design as the main key to success in the building market

Advances in Ecological Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue , 2003, Pages 791-800

  Patania, F ^a   Buonanno, G ^a   Gagliano, A ^a   Nocera, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ECO-FRIENDLY BUILDING DESIGN; ENERGY SAVING; SOLAR HOUSES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942653009     PISSN: 13698273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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