Are green buildings more satisfactory and comfortable?

Habitat International

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-161

  Gou, Zhonghua ^a   Prasad, Deo ^a   Siu Yu Lau, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Comfort; Forgiveness; Green buildings; Occupant survey; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84872870904     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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