Effects of artificially induced heat acclimatization on subjects' thermal and air movement preferences

Building and Environment

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 251-258

  Cândido, Christhina ^a   de Dear, Richard ^a   Ohba, Masaaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Climate chamber; Core temperature; Perceptual adaptation; Thermal acceptability

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; CLIMATE CHAMBERS; CORE TEMPERATURE; PERCEPTUAL ADAPTATION; THERMAL ACCEPTABILITY;

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; PHYSIOLOGY;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ACCLIMATION; AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR; VENTILATION;

EID: 80054847944     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.09.032     Document Type: Article

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