Thermal comfort in open plan offices in northern Italy: An adaptive approach

Building and Environment

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 314-320

  Ricciardi, Paola ^a   Buratti, Cinzia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive models; Objective approach; Open plan offices; Subjective evaluation; Thermal hygrometry comfort

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MODELS; OBJECTIVE APPROACH; OPEN-PLAN OFFICES; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS; THERMAL - HYGROMETRY COMFORT;

LINEAR REGRESSION; THERMAL COMFORT;

SURVEYS;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; WORKPLACE;

ITALY;

EID: 84860204296     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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