Perception of the thermal environment in high school and university classrooms: Subjective preferences and thermal comfort

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 951-959

  Corgnati, Stefano Paolo ^a   Filippi, Marco ^a   Viazzo, Sara ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classrooms; Indoor environmental quality; Objective approach; Subjective approach; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLASSROOMS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; OBJECTIVE APPROACH; SUBJECTIVE APPROACH; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR QUALITY; FIELD METHOD; INDOOR AIR; PERCEPTION; SURVEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748918735     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.10.027     Document Type: Article

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