Assessing thermal comfort of active people in transitional spaces in presence of air movement

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2832-2842

  Ghaddar, N ^a   Ghali, K ^a   Chehaitly, S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Clothing resistance; Clothing ventilation; Thermal comfort; Transitional spaces

Indexed keywords

AIR; CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; CLOTHING DESIGN; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; LOCAL THERMAL SENSATIONS; MODELING METHODOLOGY; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; TRANSITIONAL SPACES;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 80053297463     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.06.040     Document Type: Article

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