Analysis of the thermal behaviour of traditional clay brick masonry in sustainable cultural heritage buildings of Marrakech

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 371, 2026 9^th International Congress on Thermal Sciences (AMT’2026)


Article Number		05002
Number of page(s)		8
Section		Thermal Engineering for Sustainable Water and Resource Management
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202637105002
Published online		22 May 2026

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