Impact of adaptive thermal comfort on climatic suitability of natural ventilation in office buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2101-2107

  Emmerich, Steven J ^a   Polidoro, Brian ^a   Axley, James W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate suitability; Design method; Green buildings; HVAC systems; Hybrid ventilation; Natural ventilation; Sustainable building; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SUITABILITY; DESIGN METHOD; GREEN BUILDINGS; HVAC SYSTEM; HYBRID VENTILATION; NATURAL VENTILATION; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING;

INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 79960722206     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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