Open Access
Issue
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 172, 2020
12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics (NSB 2020)
Article Number 25008
Number of page(s) 13
Section Energy performance simulation and assessment
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017225008
Published online 30 June 2020
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