Indoor air quality and energy performance of air-conditioned office buildings in Singapore

Indoor Air

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-331

  Sekhar, S C ^a   Tham, K W ^a   Cheong, K W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Air conditioned office building, building symptom index; Field measurements; Indoor air quality audit; Indoor pollutant standard index; Questionnaire analysis; Tropical building

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; THERMAL COMFORT; TROPICAL BUILDINGS;

AIR-CONDITIONED OFFICE BUILDING, BUILDING SYMPTOM INDEX; AIR-CONDITIONED OFFICES; FIELD MEASUREMENT; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR QUALITY AUDIT; INDOOR POLLUTANT STANDARD INDEX; INDOOR POLLUTANTS; POLLUTANT STANDARD INDICES; QUALITY AUDITS; QUESTIONNAIRE ANALYSE;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MEASUREMENT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; SINGAPORE; WORKROOM AIR;

EID: 0347625934     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2003.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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