Retrofitting of energy habitability in social housing: A case study in a Mediterranean climate

Buildings

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-15

  Suárez, Rafael ^a   Fernández Agüera, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Improvement of habitability; Retrofitting of social housing; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866544343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20755309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/buildings1010004     Document Type: Article

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