Energy savings, emission reductions, and health co-benefits of the green building movement review-article

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 307-318

  MacNaughton, P ^a   Cao, X ^a   Buonocore, J ^a   Cedeno Laurent, J ^a   Spengler, J ^b   Bernstein, A ^a   Allen, J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ambient air pollution; Green buildings; Health co benefits; Premature mortality

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TURKEY (BIRD); UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BRAZIL; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GERMANY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TURKEY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 85041214655     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41370-017-0014-9     Document Type: Review

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