Comfort zone of air speeds and temperatures for air-conditioned environment in the subtropical Hong Kong

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-381

  Fong, K F ^a   Chow, T T ^a   Li, C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acclimatisation; Comfort air speed; Comfort zone; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR VELOCITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 77953402420     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X09347427     Document Type: Article

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