The effect of personalized ventilation on work productivity

International Journal of Ventilation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-102

  Bogdan, Anna ^a,b   Łuczak, Anna ^a   Chludziñska, Marta ^b   Zwoliñska, Magdalena ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Personalized ventilation; Productivity; Thermal comfort; Winter and summer conditions

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; METAL DRAWING; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PRODUCTIVITY; THERMAL COMFORT;

HEATING AND COOLING; MIXING VENTILATION; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION SYSTEMS; SIMULTANEOUS REDUCTION; SUPPLY TEMPERATURES; WINTER AND SUMMER CONDITIONS; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84862688162     PISSN: 14733315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733315.2012.11683973     Document Type: Article

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