Development and analysis of Climate Sensitivity and Climate Adaptation opportunities indices for buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-149

  Pyke, Christopher R ^a   McMahon, Sean ^a   Larsen, Larissa ^b   Rajkovich, Nicholas B ^b   Rohloff, Adam ^c  

^a US Green Building Council   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CTG Energetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Green building; New construction; Resilience; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GREEN BUILDINGS; NEW CONSTRUCTIONS; RESILIENCE; SENSITIVITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN; INVESTMENTS; RATING;

BUILDINGS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BUILDING; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860487086     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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