Retrofitting commercial office buildings for sustainability: Tenants' perspectives

Journal of Property Investment and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 552-561

  Miller, Evonne ^a   Buys, Laurie ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buildings; Customer satisfaction; Sustainable design; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749091712     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635780810908398     Document Type: Article

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