Green buildings and building assessment systems: A new area of interest for planners

Journal of Planning Literature

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-21

  Retzlaff, Rebecca C ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building assessment system; Building performance assessment; Green building; High performance building; Sustainable building; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUILDING; LIFE CYCLE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 74349094008     PISSN: 08854122     EISSN: 15526593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885412209349589     Document Type: Article

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