Assessment of the economic benefits from sustainable construction in Greece

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 377-383

  Vatalis, Konstantinos I ^a   Manoliadis, Odysseus G ^b   Charalampides, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; Economic benefit; Energy usage; Greece; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING CODE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELPHI ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

GREECE;

EID: 81255209489     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2011.561003     Document Type: Article

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