One-year operation performance of a decentralised all-air HVAC system for a school room

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Issue		E3S Web Conf. Volume 523, 2024 53^rd AiCARR International Conference “From NZEB to ZEB: The Buildings of the Next Decades for a Healthy and Sustainable Future”


Article Number		02005
Number of page(s)		15
Section		Integration of Control and Building Automation Systems
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202452302005
Published online		07 May 2024

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