Are green buildings more satisfactory? A review of global evidence

Habitat International

Volumn 74, Issue , 2018, Pages 57-65

  Khoshbakht, Maryam ^a   Gou, Zhonghua ^a   Lu, Yi ^b   Xie, Xiaohuan ^c   Zhang, Jian ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Building design; Facilities management; Global; Green building; Indoor environment quality; Occupant satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GREENSPACE; INDOOR AIR; LITERATURE REVIEW;

CHINA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 85042486449     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2018.02.005     Document Type: Review

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