Field studies of indoor thermal comfort and the progress of the adaptive approach

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-88

  Humphreys, Michael A ^a   Nicol, J Fergus ^a   Raja, Iftikhar A ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adaptive approach; Climate; Field studies; Meta analysis; Standards; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249142679     PISSN: 17512549     EISSN: 17562201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2007.9687269     Document Type: Article

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