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Beyond Operational Energy Efficiency: The Urgent Need for Embodied Carbon Regulation in the U.S

Ming Hu, Siavash Ghorbany

ACS Energy Letters· Volume 10· Issue 7

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School of Architecture

University of Notre Dame

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, College of Engineering

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National Science Foundation

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