Market readiness and policy implications for green buildings: Case study from Hong Kong

Journal of Green Building

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 162-173

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Developers' perspective; Green building; Market readiness; Policy recommendations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880787320     PISSN: 15526100     EISSN: 19434618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3992/jgb.8.2.162     Document Type: Article

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