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Improving Energy Efficiency of Social Housing Areas: A Case Study of a Retrofit Achieving an “A” Energy Performance Rating in the UK

Minna Sunikka-Blank Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jun Chen Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Judith Britnell The Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
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Dimitra Dantsiou The Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
Pages 131-145 | Received 26 Jan 2011, Accepted 01 Feb 2011, Published online: 24 Jan 2012

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