Selecting problem-related environmental indicators for housing management

Building Research and Information

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-333

  Malmqvist, Tove ^a   Glaumann, Mauritz ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Building stock; Environmental impacts; Environmental indicators; Environmental management system; Facility management; Housing; Sweden

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HOUSING; WASTE TREATMENT;

BUILDING STOCK; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; FACILITY MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 33746267200     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210600733658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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