Building regulation and sustainable housing. Part 1: A critique of Part L of the Building Regulations 1995 for England and Wales

Structural Survey

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-37

  Bell, Malcolm ^a   Lowe, Robert ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building regulations; Efficiency; Energy; Housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986160638     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630800010322517     Document Type: Review

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