The role of adaptive thermal comfort in the prediction of the thermal performance of a modern mixed-mode office building in the UK under climate change

Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-101

  de Wilde, Pieter ^a   Tian, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive thermal comfort; Climate change; Overheating risk; Probabilistic method

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE THERMAL COMFORT; BUILDING DESIGNERS; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; BUILDING SIMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CONTROL SET; HVAC SYSTEM; MIXED MODE; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS; TIME HORIZONS; TIME-SCALES;

AIR CONDITIONING; CLIMATE MODELS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MIXED CONVECTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 77952618586     PISSN: 19401493     EISSN: 19401507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19401490903486114     Document Type: Article

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