A comprehensive review of metrics of building environmental assessment schemes

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 403-413

  Lee, W L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

BEAM; Benchmarking; BREEAM; CASBEE; Chinese; ESGB; LEED; Metrics; Plus

Indexed keywords

BEAM; BREEAM; CASBEE; CHINESE; ESGB; METRICS; PLUS;

BENCHMARKING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84876270871     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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