Barriers Affecting the Adoption of Green Building Technologies

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Chan, Albert P C ^a   Darko, Amos ^a   Ameyaw, Ernest E ^b   Owusu Manu, De Graft ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Barriers; Construction industry; Green building; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BARRIERS; BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; GREEN BUILDINGS; HEALTHY BUILDINGS; INTEGRATED STRATEGY; INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS; INTERRELATED COMPONENTS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 85016468846     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000507     Document Type: Review

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