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Culturally Accepted Green Architecture Toolbox

Pre-design helping tool and rating system for new built environment in Egypt

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Fiky, U.E., Cox, M. (2006). Culturally Accepted Green Architecture Toolbox. In: Van Leeuwen, J.P., Timmermans, H.J.P. (eds) Innovations in Design & Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5060-2_22

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