Designing an affordable sustainable residential building block using the SBToolPT sustainability rating system

International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 285-293

  Mateus, Ricardo ^a   Bragança, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assessment; Life cycle; Rating; SBToolPT; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007865170     PISSN: 2093761X     EISSN: 20937628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2093761X.2012.746949     Document Type: Article

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