Field experiments on thermal comfort requirements for campus dormitories in Taiwan

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-202

  Cheng, Ming Jen ^a   Hwang, Ruey Lung ^b   Lin, Tzu Ping ^c  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Campus dormitories; Field experiments; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 44349095018     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X08090571     Document Type: Article

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