Evaluating comfort with varying temperatures: A graphic design tool

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-93

  Evans, John Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic design; Comfort zones; Graphical tool; Temperature variation

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPH THEORY; SLEEP RESEARCH; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

COMFORT ZONES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037210747     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(02)00083-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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