On the study of a sick building: The case of Athens Air Traffic Control Tower

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-22

  Assimakopoulos, Vasiliki D ^a   Helmis, Costas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

ATCT; Sick building syndrome; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; POLLUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOWERS; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWERS (ATCT);

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 0242335867     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(03)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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