Evaluation of the indoor environment of comfort houses: Qualitative and quantitative approaches

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 432-451

  Brunsgaard, Camilla ^a   Heiselberg, Per ^a   Knudstrup, Mary Ann ^a   Larsen, Tine S ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic quality; Comfort houses; IAQ lighting quality; Indoor environment; Passive houses; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DENMARK; EVALUATION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84861806006     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X11431739     Document Type: Article

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