Public procurement incentives for sustainable design services: Swedish experiences

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 24-35

  Sporrong, Josefin ^a   Bröchner, Jan ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design services; Public procurement; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DESIGN SERVICES; ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PUBLIC PROCUREMENT; SELECTION PROCEDURES; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING; SUSTAINABLE DESIGN MANAGEMENTS;

DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 73849111661     PISSN: 17452007     EISSN: 17527589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/aedm.2009.0903     Document Type: Article

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