Examination of green building drivers in the South African construction industry: Economics versus ecology

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6088-6106

  Windapo, Abimbola Olukemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Building codes; Competition; Construction; Ecology; Energy costs

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; STAKEHOLDER;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84907934431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6096088     Document Type: Article

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