Indoor climate conditions and ventilation performance in Estonian lightweight detached houses

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 555-569

  Kalamees, Targo ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Housing; Indoor climate; Relative humidity; Temperature; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOM VENTILATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 33750944329     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X06073076     Document Type: Article

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