Towards new methods and ways to create healthy and comfortable buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 808-818

  Bluyssen, Philomena M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health and comfort; Indoor environment; Performance indicators

Indexed keywords

BUILDING LEVELS; COMFORT INDOOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONS; DYNAMIC PROCESS; HUMAN LEVELS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; STATIC PERFORMANCE;

BENCHMARKING;

HEALTH;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 71649111588     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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