Combined comfort model of thermal comfort and air quality on buses in Hong Kong

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 389, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 277-282

  Shek, Ka Wing ^a   Chan, Wai Tin ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air quality; Percentage of dissatisfaction; Subjective sensation response; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; REAL TIME CONTROL;

COMBINED COMFORT MODELS; PERCENTAGE OF DISSATISFACTIONS; SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SUBJECTIVE SENSATION RESPONSES; THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS;

GROUND VEHICLES;

AIR QUALITY; BUS TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HARDWARE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PHILOSOPHY; SOFTWARE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HONG KONG; MODEL; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STANDARD;

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HONG KONG; HUMIDITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 36148975339     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.08.063     Document Type: Article

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