Renovating to Passive Housing in the Swedish Million Programme

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-131

  Friesen, Carley ^a   Malbert, Björn ^a   Nolmark, Henrik ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brog rden; econeighbourhood; partnering; passive solar housing; pragmatic process; the Swedish million program; urban design

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; ENERGY USE; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN HOUSING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84859586797     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: 1470000X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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