An Overview of Chinese Green Building Standards

Sustainable Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-221

  Geng, Yong ^a,c   Dong, Huijuan ^a,b   Xue, Bing ^a   Fu, Jia ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHENYANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese standards; Evaluation system and indicators; Green building; Policy implications

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLICY APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84862901632     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.1537     Document Type: Article

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