Predicting the frequency and cost of hot and cold complaints in buildings

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 289-305

  Federspiel, Clifford C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RETROFITTING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

COMFORT RELATED SERVICE CALLS; HOT AND COLD COMPLAINTS; PREDICTED PERCENT DISSATISFIED MODEL;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 0034292208     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2000.10391418     Document Type: Article

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