Thermal comfort and productivity - Evaluation of workplace environment in a task conditioned office

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-50

  Akimoto, Takashi ^a   Tanabe, Shin ichi ^b   Yanai, Takashi ^c   Sasaki, Masato ^c  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field measurement; Productivity; Task ambient conditioning system; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LEVELS; CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; CREATIVE WORK; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; FIELD MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC RATES; STORAGE STRUCTURES; TASK/AMBIENT CONDITIONING SYSTEM; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENTS;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SURVEYS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR CONDITIONING; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; FIELD SURVEY; METABOLISM; PERCEPTION; PRODUCTIVITY; VENTILATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70249150645     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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