Central automatic control or distributed occupant control for better indoor environment quality in the future

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-28

  Toftum, Jørn ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Control opportunities; Database; Indoor environment; Occupant control; Occupant responses

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC CONTROL; DATABASE; DEGREE OF CONTROL; DEGREE OF SATISFACTION; DENMARK; HVAC CONTROL; IN-BUILDINGS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITY; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; NATURAL VENTILATION; OCCUPANT CONTROL; OCCUPANT PERCEPTION; OCCUPANT RESPONSE; OCCUPANT RESPONSES; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; VENTILATION MODE;

AUTOMATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CONTROL; DATABASE SYSTEMS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; VENTILATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

BUILDING; INDOOR AIR; OFFICE LOCATION; PERCEPTION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VENTILATION;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70249094321     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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