Building human agency: A timely manifesto

Building Research and Information

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-350

  Cole, Raymond J ^a   Brown, Zosia ^a   McKay, Sherry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Agency; Comfort; Comfort provisioning; Indoor environmental quality; Inhabitants; Manifesto; Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference (PLEA)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; COMFORT; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; HUMAN AGENCY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LOW ENERGIES; QUEBEC CITY; REFRAMING;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 77951572800     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613211003747071     Document Type: Article

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