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spellingShingle Köhler, Manfred, Kaiser, Daniel, Buildings, Evidence of the Climate Mitigation Effect of Green Roofs—A 20-Year Weather Study on an Extensive Green Roof (EGR) in Northeast Germany, Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering, Architecture
title Evidence of the Climate Mitigation Effect of Green Roofs—A 20-Year Weather Study on an Extensive Green Roof (EGR) in Northeast Germany
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