Institutional motivations and barriers to the construction of green buildings on campus: A case study of the University of Waterloo, Ontario

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-354

  Richardson, Gregory R A ^a   Lynes, Jennifer K ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buildings; Canada; Economic sustainability; Motivation (psychology); Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547863576     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370710817183     Document Type: Article

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