Climate zones, energy efficient technologies and advertising: what are residential real estate agents saying?

Author/s: Neville Hurst, Dulani Halvitigala

Date Published: 02/01/2020

Published in: Volume 26 - 2020 Issue 1 (pages 41 - 55)

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