Green occupants for green buildings: The missing link?

Proceedings of Conference: Adapting to Change: New Thinking on Comfort, WINDSOR 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Deuble, Max ^a   De Dear, Richard ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forgiveness factor; Green buildings; New Ecological Paradigm (NEP); Post occupancy evaluation (POE)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FORGIVENESS FACTORS; GREEN BUILDINGS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; NEW ECOLOGICAL PARADIGM (NEP); POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION; POSTOCCUPANCY EVALUATION (POE);

OFFICE BUILDINGS; SURVEYS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84876249812     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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