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Author Archives: Dr Conrad H. Philipp, CRC for Low Carbon Living. China-Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development

Posted inConstruction & Development, Spinifex

Cool roofs and the heat island effect: the evidence is in

by Dr Conrad H. Philipp, CRC for Low Carbon Living. China-Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development 24 October 201625 February 2019

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