Sustainability performance assessment of green roof systems using fuzzy-analytical hierarchy process (FAHP)

International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 260-276

  Dabbaghian, Mohammadreza ^a   Hewage, Kasun ^a   Reza, Bahareh ^a   Culver, Keith ^a   Sadiq, Rehan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP); green roofs and sustainability; life cycle assessment (LCA); performance assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922341883     PISSN: 2093761X     EISSN: 20937628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2093761X.2014.923794     Document Type: Article

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