Comfort of workers in office buildings: The European HOPE project

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 280-288

  Bluyssen, Philomena M ^a   Aries, Myriam ^a,b   van Dommelen, Paula ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Office buildings; Perceived comfort; Personal, social and building factors

Indexed keywords

COMFORT RESPONSE; ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; OPTIMISATIONS; PERCEIVED COMFORT; PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND BUILDING FACTORS; SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE;

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; INDOOR AIR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77956229124     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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