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This book of Proceedings presents the latest thinking and research in the rapidly evolving world of architecture and sustainable development through 255 selected papers by authors coming from over 60 countries.

Non-technical reference to energy production and the environment, including acid rain, air pollution, aircraft fuels, coal combustion, water power etc. Counts as two against ordering quota, counts as one against exchange quota.