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Emissions from a net-zero building in India: life cycle assessment Cover

Emissions from a net-zero building in India: life cycle assessment

By: Mili Jain and  Rajan Rawal  
Open Access
|Jun 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.194 | Journal eISSN: 2632-6655
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 22, 2021
Accepted on: May 21, 2022
Published on: Jun 14, 2022
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