Developing a green-building design approach by selective use of systems and techniques

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 29-50

  Ahmad, Tayyab ^a   Thaheem, Muhammad Jamaluddin ^a   Anwar, Amad ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Building sustainability; design optimization; green buildings; systems and techniques

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COMPLEX PROCESSES; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; GREEN BUILDING DESIGN; GREEN BUILDINGS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SUSTAINABILITY DIMENSIONS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84947126804     PISSN: 17452007     EISSN: 17527589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17452007.2015.1095709     Document Type: Article

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