Analysis of building environment assessment frameworks and their implications for sustainability indicators

Sustainability Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-246

  Kajikawa, Yuya ^a,b   Inoue, Toshihiro ^a,b   Goh, Thong Ngee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Green building; Indicators; Knowledge innovation; Sustainability science; Sustainable construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959492040     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-011-0131-7     Document Type: Article

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