Windows in the workplace: Examining issues of environmental sustainability and occupant comfort in the selection of multi-glazed windows

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 623-630

  Menzies, G F ^a   Wherrett, J R ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; Fenestration; Life cycle assessment; Occupancy comfort; Post occupancy evaluation; Workplace comfort

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLAZES; PRODUCTIVITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FENESTRATION; OCCUPANCY COMFORT; POST-OCCUPANCY EVALUATION; WORKPLACE COMFORT;

WINDOWS;

E I S; FORESTS; FRAMES; GLAZING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WINDOWS;

EID: 13844320063     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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