Design of a sustainable building: A conceptual framework for implementing sustainability in the building sector

Buildings

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-152

  Akadiri, Peter O ^a   Chinyio, Ezekiel A ^a   Olomolaiye, Paul O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Cost efficiency; Human adaptation; Resource conservation; Sustainable building

Indexed keywords

EID: 85077711816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20755309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/buildings2020126     Document Type: Article

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