Influences of air exchange effectiveness and its rate on thermal comfort: Naturally ventilated office

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-194

  Daghigh, R ^a   Adam, N M ^a   Sahari, B B ^a   Sopian, K ^b   Alghoul, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Air exchange effectiveness; Air exchange rate; Natural ventilation; Objective approach; Thermal comfort; Tracer gas decay

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749130429     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259108097333     Document Type: Article

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