Justifying sustainable buildings – championing green operations

Journal of Corporate Real Estate

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-103

  Roper, Kathy O ^a   Beard, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b American Council of Engineering Companies   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital; Life cycle costs; Productive capacity; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993065080     PISSN: 1463001X     EISSN: 14791048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14630010610679899     Document Type: Article

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