Sustainable site initiative - A rating system for green sites

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4067-4075

  Kabbes, Karen C ^a   Windhanger, Steven ^b  

^a Kabbes Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Design; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CONSTRUCTION DESIGN; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN PRACTICE; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FLOOD-PLAINS; GREEN BUILDINGS; HUMAN HEALTH; LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS; LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PROTECTION AND RESTORATION; RATING SYSTEM; STORMWATERS; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING; SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE; SUSTAINABLE SITE; U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCILS; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS; WATER REUSE;

DESIGN; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROLOGY; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; RESTORATION; SITE SELECTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 77954967671     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41114(371)414     Document Type: Conference Paper

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