Performance evaluation of a novel bed-based task/ambient conditioning (TAC) system

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-62

  Pan, Dongmei ^a   Chan, Mingyin ^a   Xia, Liang ^a   Xu, Xiangguo ^a   Deng, Shiming ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bed based; Energy saving; Sleeping environment; Task ambient conditioning (TAC) system; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

BED-BASED; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FULL VOLUME; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SLEEPING ENVIRONMENT; TASK/AMBIENT CONDITIONING (TAC) SYSTEM; THERMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL;

SLEEP RESEARCH; THERMAL COMFORT;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 81855164837     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.10.024     Document Type: Article

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