During the burst of conservation activity in the 1970s. the focus was on doing without. Buildings were hotter in summer, colder in winter. Rooms were darker, cars were slower. The mood was captured by President Carter sitting by the fire in a sweater. Energy would be saved to the degree we could for
Energy-efficiency programs for existing buildings
โ Scribed by Frank M. Stewart
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 412 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0306-2619
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