Indoor air quality and occupant satisfaction in five mechanically and four naturally ventilated open-plan office buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4051-4058

  Hummelgaard, J ^a   Juhl, P ^a   Saebjornsson K O ^a   Clausen, G ^a   Toftum, J ^a   Langkilde, G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mechanical ventilation; Natural ventilation; Occupant satisfaction; Offices; SBS symptoms

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; STATISTICS; SURVEYS; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

MECHANICAL VENTILATION; NATURAL VENTILATION;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; OFFICE BUILDINGS; STATISTICS; SURVEYS; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; INDOOR AIR; PERCEPTION; VENTILATION;

EID: 34547950363     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.07.042     Document Type: Article

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