Building regulation and sustainable housing. Part 3: Setting and implementing standards

Structural Survey

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-38

  Bell, Malcolm ^a   Lowe, Robert ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building regulations; Energy management; Housing; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986165697     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630800110384211     Document Type: Article

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