Thermal comfort conditions of shaded outdoor spaces in hot and humid climate of Malaysia

Building and Environment

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-14

  Makaremi, Nastaran ^a   Salleh, Elias ^a   Jaafar, Mohammad Zaky ^a   GhaffarianHoseini, AmirHosein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hot and humid climate; Human thermal Comfort; Outdoor spaces; PET

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC PARAMETERS; COMFORT CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FIELD STUDIES; HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; HUMID TROPICAL CLIMATES; MALAYSIA; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; OUTDOOR SPACE; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; PHYSIOLOGICALLY EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; THERMAL ADAPTATION; THERMAL COMFORT INDEX; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL SENSATIONS; URBAN GROWTH;

SURVEYS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR CONDITIONING; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR AIR; PARAMETERIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL REGIME; VENTILATION;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 80052546010     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.07.024     Document Type: Article

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