Towards a Brazilian standard for naturally ventilated buildings: Guidelines for thermal and air movement acceptability

Building Research and Information

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-153

  Cândido, Christhina ^a   Lamberts, Roberto ^b   De Dear, Richard ^a   Bittencourt, Leonardo ^c   De Vecchi, Renata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

adaptive comfort; air movement acceptability; design guidelines; natural ventilation; occupants; satisficing; thermal acceptability; thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMFORT; AIR MOVEMENT ACCEPTABILITY; DESIGN GUIDELINES; NATURAL VENTILATION; OCCUPANTS; SATISFICING; THERMAL ACCEPTABILITY;

AIR; BUILDINGS; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

HISTORIC PRESERVATION;

EID: 79953073390     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2011.557858     Document Type: Article

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