Thermal comfort study of Kerala traditional residential buildings based on questionnaire survey among occupants of traditional and modern buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2139-2150

  Dili, A S ^a   Naseer, M A ^b   Varghese, T Zacharia ^b  

^a TKM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

Kerala; Modern buildings; Questionnaire survey; Thermal comfort; Traditional buildings

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; EFFECT OF FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; KERALA; MODERN BUILDINGS; PASSIVE METHODS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS;

APARTMENT HOUSES; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 77956170168     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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