Reducing embodied carbon during the design process of buildings

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Journal of building engineering

• Publication date

  2015-12-01

• Fields of study

  Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.JOBE.2015.06.005
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