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  • October 19, 2011
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  • The Atlantic (website)

What's the Greenest Building? The Problem With Ranking Systems

By: Auden Schendler and Mike Toffel
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Keywords

Environmental Sustainability; Buildings and Facilities

Citation

Schendler, Auden, and Mike Toffel. "What's the Greenest Building? The Problem With Ranking Systems." The Atlantic (website) (October 19, 2011). (Republished in grist. Revised version in The Guardian (UK) and in ChinaDialogue including in Chinese.)
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About The Author

Michael W. Toffel

Technology and Operations Management
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