Energy analysis of the personalized ventilation system in hot and humid climates

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 699-707

  Schiavon, Stefano ^a,b   Melikov, Arsen K ^b   Sekhar, Chandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Control strategy; Energy saving; Hot and humid climate; Occupants' comfort; Personal environmental control system; Personalized ventilation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGIES; ENERGY SAVING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM; HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; OFFICE BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT;

VENTILATION;

EID: 77949308463     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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