Assessment of green building policies - A fuzzy impact matrix approach

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 203-211

  Shi, Qian ^a   Lai, Xiaodong ^a   Xie, Xin ^a   Zuo, Jian ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; Green building; Policy evaluation; Sustainable construction

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EMISSION REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN BUILDINGS; INCREASING THE SERVICE LIVES; MANAGEMENT CONTRACTING; POLICY EVALUATION; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84901056658     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.04.076     Document Type: Review

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