Use of waste materials for thermal insulation in buildings

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1275-1280

  Vasilache, Maricica ^a   Pruteanu, Marian ^a   Avram, Costel ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Sustainable development; Thermal conductivity; Thermal insulation; Waste bulk materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751494157     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2010.165     Document Type: Article

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