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Housing conditions and ill health.
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This paper presents a modelling-led approach applied to low carbon innovative housing retrofit practice in Wales, UK. The research has investigated the implementation of combinations of existing and emerging low carbon technologies through a systems based approach to optimise the use of energy at the point of generation at both building and community scales. A performance prediction model has b...
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عنوان ژورنال: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
سال: 1920
ISSN: 0002-7162,1552-3349
DOI: 10.1177/000271622008900113