Obstacles in implementing green building projects in Malaysia

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1806-1812

  bin Esa, Mohd Reza ^a   Marhani, Mohd Arif ^a   Yaman, Rostam ^a   Rashid, Ahmad Arzlee Hassan Noor Hanisah Noor ^a   Adnan, Hamimah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Green buildings; Obstacles; Paradigm shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856427611     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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