Survey of thermal comfort in residential buildings under natural conditions in hot humid and cold wet seasons in Nanjing

Frontiers of Architecture and Civil Engineering in China

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 503-511

  Peng, Changhai ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cold wet; hot humid; Nanjing; naturally conditioned; thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650051028     PISSN: 16737407     EISSN: 16737512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11709-010-0095-1     Document Type: Article

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