A qualitative study of motivation and influences for academic green building developments in Australian universities

Journal of Green Building

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 166-183

  Li, Xiaofeng ^a   Strezov, Vladimir ^a   Amati, Marco ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Green buildings; Grounded theory; Higher education institutions; Motivations; Qualitative research; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887598391     PISSN: 15526100     EISSN: 19434618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3992/jgb.8.3.166     Document Type: Article

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