Field studies on thermal comfort of air-conditioned and non air-conditioned buildings in Malaysia

ICEE 2009 - Proceeding 2009 3rd International Conference on Energy and Environment: Advancement Towards Global Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 360-368

  Hussein, Ibrahim ^a   Rahman, M Hazrin A ^a   Maria, Tina ^a  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Energy; Thermal comfort; Thermal environment; Thermal sensation votes

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR VELOCITIES; AIR-CONDITIONED BUILDINGS; COMFORT ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FIELD STUDIES; HEALTH CLINICS; MALAYSIA; NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE; NON AIR CONDITIONED BUILDING; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL SENSATION VOTES; WAITING AREAS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUILDINGS; METAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 77949602772     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICEENVIRON.2009.5398622     Document Type: Conference Paper

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