Torrent Research Centre: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Sustainable Buildings in Practice: What the users think

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 313-323

  Thomas, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84859838761     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203865453-35     Document Type: Chapter

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