Investigating the applicability of different thermal comfort models in Kuwait classrooms operated in hybrid air-conditioning mode

Sustainability in Energy and Buildings - Proceedings of the International Conference in Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, SEB'09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 347-355

  Al Rashidi, Khaled E ^a   Loveday, Dennis L ^a   Al Mutawa, Nawaf K ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Children; Classrooms; Kuwait; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHILDREN; CLASSROOMS; COMFORT SENSATIONS; KUWAIT; NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE; THERMAL COMFORT INDEX; THERMAL COMFORT MODELS; THERMAL SENSATIONS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 80052156128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03454-1_36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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