Developing an indoor environment quality tool for assessment of mechanically ventilated office buildings in the UK - A preliminary study

Building and Environment

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-33

  Ncube, Matiwaza ^a   Riffat, Saffa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indoor environment quality; Office buildings; Rating system; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC COMFORT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR VELOCITIES; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; EMPIRICAL EXPRESSION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; HUMAN COMFORTS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITY; INPUT DATAS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; NEW MODEL; OCCUPANT RESPONSE; PERFORMANCE RATINGS; QUESTIONNAIRE DATA; RAPID ASSESSMENT; RATING SYSTEM; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR CONDITIONING; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIGHTING; OFFICE BUILDINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

RATING;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUILDING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856450367     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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