Escaping the house: Comfort and the California garden

Building Research and Information

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-380

  Cooper, Gail ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Comfort; Cooling; Landscape architecture; Modern gardens; Outdoor living

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS;

CALIFORNIA; LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS; MECHANICAL SYSTEM (MS); MULTIPLE PATHS; NEW IDEAS; RELIANCE (CO);

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 46249097926     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210802079843     Document Type: Article

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