Field study on occupants' thermal comfort and residential thermal environment in a hot-humid climate of China

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4043-4050

  Han, Jie ^a   Zhang, Guoqiang ^a   Zhang, Quan ^a   Zhang, Jinwen ^a   Liu, Jianlong ^a   Tian, Liwei ^a   Zheng, Cong ^a   Hao, Junhong ^b   Lin, Jianping ^b   Liu, Yanhui ^b   Moschandreas, Demetrios J ^a,c  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND RESEARCH GROUP   (China)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field study; Hot humid climates; Occupant comfort; Residential thermal environment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; THERMAL COMFORT;

HOT-HUMID CLIMATES; OCCUPANT COMFORT; RESIDENTIAL THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; THERMAL COMFORT;

CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD METHOD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34547938335     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.06.028     Document Type: Article

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