Thermal comfort in Italian classrooms under free running conditions during mid seasons: Assessment through objective and subjective approaches

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 785-792

  Corgnati, Stefano Paolo ^a   Ansaldi, Roberta ^a   Filippi, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive models; Classrooms; Thermal acceptability; Thermal comfort; Thermal preference

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHANNEL CAPACITY; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; HEATING; MILITARY OPERATIONS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SURVEYS;

ADAPTIVE MODELS; AIR VELOCITIES; BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATIONS; CLASSROOMS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COMFORT INDICES; ENVIRONMENT PARAMETERS; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; FIELD STUDIES; GRADUAL CHANGES; HEATING PERIODS; HEATING SEASONS; INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURES; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORTS; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURES; METABOLIC RATES; NEUTRAL ENVIRONMENTS; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURES; OUTDOOR AIRS; PREDICTED MEAN VOTES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RUNNING CONDITIONS; SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENTS; THERMAL ACCEPTABILITY; THERMAL PREFERENCE; WARM SEASONS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

FIELD SURVEY; INDOOR AIR; MONITORING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN;

EID: 57849141585     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.05.023     Document Type: Article

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