Embodied greenhouse gas emissions from refurbishment of residential building stock to achieve a 50% operational energy reduction

Mitigating climate change through operational energy reduction in existing buildings is of highest priority for policy-makers in Europe and elsewhere. At the same time there is increasing understan ...

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