Thermal comfort criteria and building design: Field work in Portugal

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2357-2361

  Guedes, Manuel Correia ^a   Matias, Luís ^b   Santos, Carlos Pina ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adaptive model; Buildings; Field work; Portugal; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MODEL; BUILDING DESIGN; EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS; FIELD WORK; FIELD WORKS; PASSIVE DESIGN; PORTUGAL;

MODEL BUILDINGS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; FIELDWORK; MODEL; MONITORING SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 67349193269     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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