Overall thermal sensation, acceptability and comfort

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-50

  Zhang, Yufeng ^a   Zhao, Rongyi ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Non uniform environment; Non uniformity of thermal sensation; Thermal acceptability; Thermal comfort; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

THERMAL ACCEPTABILITY; THERMAL SENSATION; THERMAL STATE;

THERMAL COMFORT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL COMFORT;

MODEL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

EID: 34548508417     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.11.036     Document Type: Article

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