Thermal comfort in air-conditioned mosques in the dry desert climate

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2407-2413

  Al ajmi, Farraj F ^a  

^a The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Dry desert climates; Indoor environment; Kuwait; Mosque buildings; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR-CONDITIONED BUILDINGS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; DESIGN CODES; DRY DESERTS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD STUDIES; INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURE; INDOOR CLIMATE; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; KUWAIT; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL DATAS; SUMMER SEASON;

AIR CONDITIONING; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL COMFORT;

BUILDINGS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BUILDING; DESERT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; VENTILATION;

KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 77954216659     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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