Acoustical evaluation of six 'green' office buildings

Journal of Green Building

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 108-118

  Hodgson, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustical environment; Green building; Noise isolation; Noise levels; Occupant satisfaction; Offices; Reverberation; Speech intelligibility; Speech privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953330657     PISSN: 15526100     EISSN: 19434618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3992/jgb.3.4.108     Document Type: Article

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