Residents' adjusting behaviour to enhance indoor environmental comfort in apartments

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-40

  Lee, Tae Kyung ^a   Cho, Sung Heui ^a   Kim, Jeong Tai ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apartments management; Comfort; Healthy housing quality; Indoor environment; Resident oriented study; Residents' behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KOREA; LIGHT; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SATISFACTION; SOUND; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 84859052465     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X11420120     Document Type: Article

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