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Impact of courtyard on indoor thermal environment in vernacular row houses of warm and humid climate: case study of Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu

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Pages 653-678 | Received 28 Jun 2022, Accepted 23 Nov 2023, Published online: 08 Dec 2023

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