Energy benefits of application of massive walls in residential buildings

Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Kosny, J ^b   Petrie, T ^b   Gawin, D ^a,b   Childs, P ^b   Desjarlais, A ^b   Christian, J ^b  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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