Survey of occupant behaviour and control of indoor environment in Danish dwellings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-16

  Andersen, Rune Vinther ^a   Toftum, Jørn ^a   Andersen, Klaus Kaae ^a   Olesen, Bjarne W ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Energy; Heating control; Indoor environment; Light control; Occupant behaviour; Questionnaire survey; Solar shading control; Window opening

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549145744     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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