Vernacular architecture: Questions of comfort and practicability

Building Research and Information

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-285

  Foruzanmehr, Ahmadreza ^a   Vellinga, Marcel ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptive comfort; building performance; expectations; Iran; local traditions; occupants; passive cooling; vernacular architecture

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMFORT; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; EXPECTATIONS; IRAN; LOCAL TRADITIONS; OCCUPANTS; PASSIVE COOLING; VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 79956227336     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2011.562368     Document Type: Article

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