Sustainable buildings: An ever evolving target

Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 443-464

  Dutil, Yvan ^a   Rousse, Daniel ^a   Quesada, Guillermo ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Passivhaus; Sustainable building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855335352     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su3020443     Document Type: Review

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