Development and validation of a methodology to challenge the adaptive comfort model

Building and Environment

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 336-347

  Schweiker, Marcel ^a   Brasche, Sabine ^b   Bischof, Wolfgang ^b   Hawighorst, Maren ^c   Voss, Karsten ^d   Wagner, Andreas ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING PHYSICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive comfort; Experimental design; Occupant behaviour; Office environment; Psychological aspects; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMFORT; ADAPTIVE PROCESS; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHAMBERS; FIELD STUDIES; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOUR; OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS; SKIN MOISTURE; SKIN TEMPERATURES; THERMAL CONDITION;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; THERMAL COMFORT;

DESIGN;

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 81255160600     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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