A method for quantifying the benefits of greening a healthcare facility

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 3-11

  Bilec, Melissa M ^a   Geary, Matthew ^a   Ries, Robert J ^b   Needy, Kim LaScola ^c   Cashion, Matthew K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Green Economics; Greening Healthcare; Quantifying Benefits of Greening

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

BREAKEVEN ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; GREEN BUILDINGS; GREEN ECONOMIC; GREENING HEALTHCARE; HEALTHCARE FACILITY; HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY; IT IDENTIFY; PITTSBURGH; QUANTIFYING BENEFIT OF GREENING;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78049507374     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2010.11431867     Document Type: Article

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