Seasonal and regional differences in neutral temperatures in Nepalese traditional vernacular houses

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2743-2753

  Rijal, H B ^a   Yoshida, H ^b   Umemiya, N ^c  

^a TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field investigation; Nepal; Neutral temperature; Seasonal differences; Semi open; Traditional house

Indexed keywords

COOL CLIMATES; FIELD INVESTIGATION; INDOOR SPACE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE; OPEN SPACE; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL SENSATIONS; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

CLIMATOLOGY; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

HOUSES;

ADAPTATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FIELDWORK; INDOOR AIR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NEPAL;

EID: 77955421548     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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