Effect of reduced summer indoor temperature on symptoms, perceived work environment and productivity in office work: An intervention study

Intelligent Buildings International

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 251-266

  Kekäläinen, Pirjo ^a   Niemelä, Raimo ^a   Tuomainen, Marianna ^b   Kemppilä, Sari ^c   Palonen, Jari ^b   Riuttala, Henri ^a   Nykyri, Erkki ^a   Seppänen, Olli ^b   Reijula, Kari ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Indoor temperature; Productivity; Thermal comfort; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

COOLING CEILING; HVAC SYSTEM; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; LOW LEVEL; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; THERMAL COMFORT LEVEL; WORK EFFICIENCY; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EFFICIENCY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SPACE HEATING; THERMAL COMFORT;

PRODUCTIVITY;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; COOLING; INDOOR AIR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUMMER; VENTILATION;

EID: 79954489781     PISSN: 17508975     EISSN: 17566932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/inbi.2010.0051     Document Type: Article

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