Correlation between temperature satisfaction and unsolicited complaint rates in commercial buildings

Indoor Air

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-18

  Wang, D ^a   Federspiel, C C ^a   Arens, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial buildings; Complaints; Correlation; Economic cost; Satisfaction; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

COSTS;

COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COMPLAINT; CORRELATION; COST OF MAINTENANCE; DATA SET; ECONOMIC COSTS; MAINTENANCE DATABASE; PAPER ANALYSIS; REAL-WORLD; SATISFACTION;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 13544262506     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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