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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 672, 2025
The 17th ROOMVENT Conference (ROOMVENT 2024)
Article Number 07032
Number of page(s) 8
Section Poster Articles: Ventilation & Energy Efficiency, Modelling & Measuring
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202567207032
Published online 05 December 2025
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