The business case for sustainable commercial buildings

Technology, Design and Process Innovation in the Built Environment

Volumn 9780203928325, Issue , 2009, Pages 493-513

  Wasiluk, Kendra ^a   Horne, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CASE; COMMERCIAL BUILDING;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

EID: 84909061535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203928325     Document Type: Chapter

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