Do certified sustainable buildings perform better than similar conventional buildings?

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 276-292

  Moschandreas, Demetrios J ^a   Nuanual, Ruckfa M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building performance; Building siting; Energy conservation; Indoor environmental quality; Material selection; Sustainable buildings; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MATERIALS HANDLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RECYCLING;

BUILDING PERFORMANCE; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MATERIAL SELECTION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING; SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE;

HISTORIC PRESERVATION;

EID: 57549104192     PISSN: 14746778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2008.021900     Document Type: Article

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