Developing regionally specific environmental building tools for China

Building Research and Information

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 372-386

  Liu, Yu ^a   Prasad, Deo ^b   Li, Jing ^a   Fu, Ying ^a   Liu, Jinghua ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment tools; China; Environmental assessment; Regionalism; Sustainable building; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT TOOLS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; REGIONALISM; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33746218583     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210600766328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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