Awareness, Drivers, Actions, and Barriers of Sustainable Construction in Kuwait

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 969-983

  Alsanad, Shaikha ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

awarencess; barriers; construcion; green building; susatinable cosnrtuction

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

AWARENCESS; BARRIERS; CONSTRUCION; GREEN BUILDINGS; SUSATINABLE COSNRTUCTION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84948395203     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.538     Document Type: Conference Paper

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