Economic returns to residential green building investment: The developers' perspective

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-44

  Deng, Yongheng ^a   Wu, Jing ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency investment; Environmental sustainability; Financial performance; Green residential building; Singapore Green Mark system

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION METHOD; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FUTURE PROSPECT; HOUSING MARKET; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84906942125     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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