Behavioural adaptation and the use of environmental controls in summer for thermal comfort in apartments in India

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1019-1025

  Indraganti, Madhavi ^a  

^a Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University   (India)

Author keywords

Behavioural adaptation; Indian comfort standards; Occupant behaviour; Personal environmental controls; Thermal comfort field survey in Hyderabad; Top floor apartments

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; FIELD SURVEYS; HYDERABAD; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOUR;

APARTMENT HOUSES; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; STANDARDS; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

FLOORS;

EID: 77951106020     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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