Long-term field survey on thermal adaptation in office buildings in Japan

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3944-3954

  Goto, T ^a   Mitamura, T ^b   Yoshino, H ^c   Tamura, A ^d   Inomata, E ^c  

^a TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASHIKAGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Clothing insulation; Field survey; Office building; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; HEATING; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL INSULATION; VENTILATION;

CLOTHING INSULATION; INDOOR CLIMATE; THERMAL ADAPTATION;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

AIR CONDITIONING; HEATING; OFFICE BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL INSULATION; VENTILATION;

BUILDING; FIELD SURVEY; INDOOR AIR; INSULATION; VENTILATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34547943086     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.06.026     Document Type: Article

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