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Reliability of building embodied energy modelling: an analysis of 30 Melbourne case studies

Yu Lay Langston Faculty of Science and Technology, Deakin University, School of Architecture and Building, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, 3217 Australia
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Craig Ashley Langston Faculty of Science and Technology, Deakin University, School of Architecture and Building, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, 3217 AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 147-160 | Received 11 May 2007, Accepted 01 Oct 2007, Published online: 26 Feb 2008

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