Adaptive comfort: Analysis and application of the main indices

Building and Environment

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-32

  Ferrari, Simone ^a   Zanotto, Valentina ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive approach; Italian climatic context; Passive cooling; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE APPROACH; ADAPTIVE COMFORT; ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; CLIMATIZATION; COMFORT CONDITIONS; COMFORT TEMPERATURES; DISCOMFORT LEVEL; ENERGY OPTIMIZATION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IN-BUILDINGS; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; ITALIAN CLIMATIC CONTEXT; OUTDOOR CLIMATE; PASSIVE COOLING; TEMPERATURE LEVEL;

BUILDINGS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; THERMAL COMFORT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BUILDING; COOLING; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SIMULATION;

EID: 80053924924     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.08.022     Document Type: Article

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