Implementation of a multi-phase approach for investigating and remedying a thermal comfort problem in an office building

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-65

  Budaiwi, I ^a   Al Homoud, M ^a   Abdou, A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

HVAC system; Office building; Thermal comfort problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849129783     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X08101531     Document Type: Article

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