A review of building/infrastructure sustainability reporting tools (SRTs)

Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-139

  Siew, Renard Y J ^a   Balatbat, Maria C A ^a   Carmichael, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buildings; Infrastructure; Rating tools; Reporting; Sustainability criteria; Sustainability indicators; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; LIFE CYCLE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GREEN BUILDINGS; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; RATING TOOL; REPORTING; REPORTING TOOLS; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFRASTRUCTURE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84969179374     PISSN: 20466099     EISSN: 20466102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SASBE-03-2013-0010     Document Type: Article

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