Assessment of productivity loss in air-conditioned buildings using PMV index

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 36, Issue 10 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 987-993

  Kosonen, R ^a,c   Tan, F ^b,c  

^a Halton Oy   (Finland)

^b CapitaLand Commercial Limited   (Singapore)

^c NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Air conditioned offices; PMV index; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERGONOMICS; MAINTENANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR-CONDITIONED BUILDINGS; AIR-CONDITIONED OFFICES; PMV INDEX; THERMAL INDOOR ENVIRONMENT;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

EID: 4344572390     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.06.021     Document Type: Article

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