Carbon-neutral commercial building development

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-102

  Zuo, Jian ^a   Read, Ben ^b   Pullen, Stephen ^a   Shi, Qian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Built Environs   (Australia)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Australia; Carbon neutrality; Case study; Commercial building

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE MATERIALS; AUSTRALIA; CARBON NEUTRALS; CASE STUDY APPROACH; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; MATERIALS SELECTION; PROJECT SPECIFICATION; STANDARD SETTING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RESEARCH;

CARBON;

EID: 84872746081     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000127     Document Type: Review

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