Air temperature thresholds for indoor comfort and perceived air quality

Building Research and Information

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-144

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Arens, Edward ^a   Pasut, Wilmer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive comfort; air movement; air conditioned buildings; free running; personal environmental control (PEC); thermal acceptability; thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMFORT; AIR MOVEMENT; AIR-CONDITIONED BUILDINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; FREE RUNNING; THERMAL ACCEPTABILITY;

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR QUALITY;

EID: 79953087707     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2011.552703     Document Type: Article

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