Lighting quality and acoustic quality in LEED-certified buildings using occupant evaluation

Journal of Green Building

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-155

  Lee, Young S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics quality; IEQ; LEED; Lighting quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960438774     PISSN: 15526100     EISSN: 19434618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3992/jgb.6.2.139     Document Type: Article

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