New composite panels with hemp hurds for sustainable buildings

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-34

  Manzi, Stefania ^a   Sassoni, Enrico ^a   Motori, Antonio ^a   Montecchi, Matteo ^b   Canti, Max ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CMF TECHNOLOGY SPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building materials; Green materials; Hemp; Sustainability; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008627307     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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