Performance or marketing benefits? the case of LEED certification

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2001-2007

  Matisoff, Daniel C ^a   Noonan, Douglas S ^b   Mazzolini, Anna M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MARKETING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CERTIFICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MARKETING; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 84893618762     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4042447     Document Type: Article

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