The importance of human productivity to air-conditioning control in office environments

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-21

  Tse, W L ^a   So, Albert T P ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

HUMAN COMFORT; HUMAN PRODUCTIVITY; PREDICTED-MEAN-VOTE-BASED CONTROL; SETPOINT CONTROL;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 33846949737     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2007.10390941     Document Type: Article

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