Thermal comfort: Research and practice

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 765-788

  Van Hoof, Joost ^a   Mazej, Mitja ^b   Hensen, Jan L M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; HVAC; Personal control; PMV; Review; Standards; Thermal comfort; Thermal manikins

Indexed keywords

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HOUSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HOUSING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESEARCH; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77951236907     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3645     Document Type: Article

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