Chapter 9 Sustainable Construction, Green Building Strategic Model

DOI: 10.23912/9781911396857-3966	ISBN: 9781911396857
Published: October 2018	Component type: chapter
Published in: Principles of Sustainable Project Management	Parent DOI: 10.23912/9781911396857-3884

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• Mohamed Salama, Herriot Watt University (Author) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5212-082X
• Ashraf Hana (Author)

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Salama, M. & Hana, A. (2018) "Chapter 9 Sustainable Construction, Green Building Strategic Model" In: Salama, M. (ed) . Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/9781911396857-3966

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