Modeling of the sustainability goal and objective setting process in the predesign phase of green institutional building projects

Journal of Architectural Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Said, Hisham ^a   Kandil, Amr ^b   Nookala, Srinivasa Bhaskar Syam ^b   Cai, Hubo ^b   El Gafy, Mohamed ^c   Senouci, Ahmed ^d   Al Derham, Hassan ^d  

^a Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Green buildings; Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED); Predesign

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUDGET CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; BUILDING DESIGN PARAMETERS; GREEN BUILDINGS; INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS; INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING; LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNS; PREDESIGN; PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84901054592     PISSN: 10760431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000138     Document Type: Article

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