Investigation of the effect of climatic adaptation on users' thermal comfort requirement in outdoor space

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 6042-6052

  Cheng, Ming Jen ^a   Lo, Jen Hao ^a   Chen, Shang Yuan ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Long term field survey; Outdoor spaces; Thermal comfort; Thermal comfort band; Thermal neutral temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862948477     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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