Urbanie & Urbanus

Issue 2022 Dec

Resilient cities

https://www.doi.org/10.55412/07.09

Issue 7, P.157 - P.171

Carbon-Neutral Campuses - An Integrated Assessment Framework for Sustainable Universities in Hong Kong

Mo Chen and  Sylvia Man Ha Chan

Adjunct Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 and  Jeroen van Ameijde

Assistant Professor and Director of the MSc in Urban Design programme at the School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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