State environmental policies: Analyzing green building mandates

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-65

  May, Peter J ^a   Koski, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Environment; Governors; Green buildings; State regulation

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INNOVATION; POLICY STRATEGY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33846338874     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2007.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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