A Field Study to Determine Inside Design Conditions for Malaysian Air Conditioning Systems

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-99

  Ismail, M R ^a,b   Barber, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acclimatisation; Air conditioning; Air temperature; Comfort study; Malaysia; Neutral temperature; Office buildings; Overcooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044439039     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2001.9697456     Document Type: Article

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