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Thermal Impacts of Vertical Greenery Systems

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 14 (2014): Issue 1 (December 2014)
By: Tabassom Safikhani,  Aminatuzuhariah Megat Abdullah,  Dilshan Remaz Ossen and  Mohammad Baharvand  
Open Access
|Mar 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rtuect-2014-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 5 - 11
Published on: Mar 3, 2015
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Green facade,
Living wall,
Temperature,
Vertical greenery system
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

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