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Understanding occupants: feedback techniques for large-scale low-carbon domestic refurbishments

Rajat Gupta Department of Architecture, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development – Low Carbon Building Group, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 OBP, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Smita Chandiwala Department of Architecture, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development – Low Carbon Building Group, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 OBP, UK
Pages 530-548 | Published online: 24 Aug 2010

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