Is the High Quality Baukultur a Monkey Wrench in the Global Climate Challenges?

Blumberga, Andra; Vanaga, Ruta; Antuzs, Juris; Freimanis, Ritvars; Bondars, Edgars; Treija, Sandra

Is the High Quality Baukultur a Monkey Wrench in the Global Climate Challenges?

Environmental and Climate Technologies

Volume 23 (2019): Issue 3 (December 2019)

By: Andra Blumberga, Ruta Vanaga, Juris Antuzs, Ritvars Freimanis, Edgars Bondars and Sandra Treija

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2019-0092 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208

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Language: English

Page range: 230 - 244

Published on: Dec 13, 2019

Published by: Riga Technical University

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Keywords:

Building energy efficiency,

cultural heritage,

Davos declaration,

energy community,

historic city centre,

liveable city,

multi-criteria analysis (MCA),

Positive Energy Block (PEB),

smart urban regeneration

Related subjects:

Life sciences,

Life sciences, other

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