Investigating indoor air quality and thermal comfort using a numerical thermal manikin

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-17

  Gao, N P ^a   Zhang, H ^b   Niu, J L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor air quality; Numerical thermal manikin (NTM); Personalised ventilation; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL THERMAL MANIKIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 33846560193     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X06074667     Document Type: Article

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