Implications of indoor climate control for comfort, energy and environment

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-177

  Mahdavi, Ardeshir ^a   Kumar, Satish ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Comfort; Energy and entropy; Environmental control systems; Human ecology; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SPACE HEATING; VENTILATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; HUMAN ECOLOGY; THERMAL COMFORT;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

EID: 0030261803     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(96)00975-9     Document Type: Article

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