Perception of thermal comfort in the enclosed transitional space of tropical buildings

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 524-533

  Jie Kwong, Qi ^a   Adam, Nor Mariah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Enclosed lift lobby; Field survey; Thermal comfort; Transitional spaces; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; COOLING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALAYSIA; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TROPICS; VELOCITY;

EID: 80855125377     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X11411136     Document Type: Article

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