Experimental setup for the study of air leakage patterns

Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Desmarais, Guylaine ^a   Derome, Dominique ^a   Fazio, Paul ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 56249135879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21668469     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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