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Comparing environmental impacts of renovated housing stock with new construction

Laure Itard Delft University of Technology, OTB Research Institute, PO Box 5030, NL-2600, Delft, he Netherlands E-mail: [email protected]
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Gerda Klunder SBR, PO Box 1819, NL-3000, BV, Rotterdam, he Netherlands E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 252-267 | Published online: 28 Mar 2007

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