Mitigating climate change in the building sector: Integrating the unique characteristics of built facilities with emissions trading schemes

Facilities

Volumn 32, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 342-364

  Lam, Patrick T I ^a   Chan, Edwin H W ^a   Yu, Ann T W ^a   Cam, Wynn C N ^b   Yu, Jack S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b RSP Architects Planners and Engineers (Pte) Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Building energy saving; Emissions trading; Facilities; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940269734     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/F-04-2013-0035     Document Type: Article

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