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Monica Chhatwani
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I thought of making my second post in this series about the reason we see sustainability as an emerging area of focus in the built environment and why it should be in focus for all the right reasons. In my ongoing research on this topic, I have come across some excellent articles, seminars, and reports that I will try to synthesize here for someone who has limited time and wants to get the Cliff Notes version.
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