Sky-sourced sustainability - How super tall buildings can benefit from height

CTBUH 2008, 8th World Congress - Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future, Congress Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 328-335

  Leung, Luke ^a   Weismantle, Peter ^a  

^a Skidmore Owings and Merrill LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Sources of sustainability; Tall buildings

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; DESIGN; TALL BUILDINGS;

ALTITUDE; BUILDING DESIGNERS; BUILDING STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS; SOLAR AND WINDS; SOURCE OF ENERGY; SUPER TALL BUILDINGS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84896366638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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