Control of temperature for health and productivity in offices

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 111 PART 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 680-686

  Seppänen, Olli ^a,b   Fisk, William J ^a,c   Faulkner, David ^c  

^a ASHRAE ^*  (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESPONSES; INDOOR TEMPERATURE;

BUILDINGS; HEATING; HEMODYNAMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 29144509975     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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