Thermal comfort and use of thermostats in Finnish homes and offices

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1237-1245

  Karjalainen, Sami ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Home; Office; Quantitative interview survey; Thermal comfort; Thermostat

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS; THERMOSTATS;

HOME; OFFICE; QUANTITATIVE INTERVIEW SURVEY; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SUMMER SEASONS; THERMAL COMFORT LEVELS; THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; THERMOSTAT;

THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; INDOOR AIR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 60249094828     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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