Greenroads: A sustainability performance metric for roadways

Journal of Green Building

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-128

  Muench, Stephen T ^a   Anderson, Jeralee L ^a   Söderlund, Martina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANTEC   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance metric; Rating system; Roadway; Sustainability; Sustainable construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957361340     PISSN: 15526100     EISSN: 19434618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3992/jgb.5.2.114     Document Type: Article

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