A proposal for environmental indicators towards industrial building sustainable assessment

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-173

  San José, José T ^a,b   Garrucho, Isaac ^a   Losada, Ramón ^b   Cuadrado, Jesús ^b  

^a TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Construction sector; Indicators; Industrial building; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34248363560     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500709469716     Document Type: Article

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