Thermal comfort temperature range for factory workers in warm humid tropical climates

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2057-2063

  Wijewardane, S ^a   Jayasinghe, M T R ^b  

^a EMEC Consultancy Services   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Adaptive model; Comfort survey; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ADAPTIVE MODEL; COMFORT SURVEY;

THERMAL COMFORT;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; THERMAL COMFORT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BUILDING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HUMID TROPICS; INDOOR AIR; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; SURVEY; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 42149172375     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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