Investigation on the relationship between occupants' individual difference and airconditioning usage during nighttime in summer

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue 633, 2008, Pages 1275-1282

  Schweiker, Marcel ^a   Shukuya, Masanori ^a  

^a TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air conditioning unit; Individual differences; Occupant behavior; Questionnaire survey; Thermal environmental control

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONING UNITS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; THERMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL;

AIR CONDITIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 67349226291     PISSN: 13480685     EISSN: 1881817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3130/aije.73.1275     Document Type: Article

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