Urban sustainability and the LEED rating system: Case studies on the role of regional characteristics and adaptive reuse in green building in Denver and Boulder, Colorado

Geographical Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 221-233

  Boschmann, E Eric ^a   Gabriel, Jessica N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Denver; Green building; LEED; Place; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

BOULDER; COLORADO; DENVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881548766     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2012.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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