Thermal environment in Swedish hospitals: Summer and winter measurements

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 872-877

  Skoog, Jennie ^a   Fransson, Niklas ^a   Jagemar, Lennart ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hospital; Perception; Questionaire; Thermal environment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUILDINGS; DATA REDUCTION; METABOLISM; PATIENT TREATMENT; SENSORY PERCEPTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

QUESTIONAIRE; SUMMER; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; WINTERS;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 18844431378     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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