Green building evaluation from a life-cycle perspective in Australia: A critical review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue , 2017, Pages 358-368

  Zuo, Jian ^a,b   Pullen, Stephen ^c   Rameezdeen, Raufdeen ^c   Bennetts, Helen ^a   Wang, Yuan ^d   Mao, Guozhu ^d   Zhou, Zhihua ^d   Du, Huibin ^d   Duan, Huabo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Australia; Green building; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle costing

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

AUSTRALIA; BUILDING DEVELOPMENT; BUILDING EVALUATIONS; CRITICAL REVIEW; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GLOBAL SCALE; GREEN BUILDINGS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84999027914     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.251     Document Type: Review

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