Do people like to feel "Neutral"? Response to the ASHRAE scale of subjective warmth in relation to thermal preference, indoor and outdoor temperature

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 110 PART II, Issue , 2004, Pages 569-577

  Humphreys, Michael A ^a,b   Nicol, J Fergus ^a,c   Haves, Philip ^d  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASHRAE SCALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; THERMAL SENSATION; THERMAL VARIABLES;

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS; VENTILATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 20344401088     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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