The effect of air-conditioning on worker productivity in office buildings: A case study in Thailand

Building Simulation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-177

  Ngarmpornprasert, Somying ^a   Koetsinchai, Woranut ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

design of experiment; energy conservation; office work simulation; predicted mean vote (PMV); productivity; thermal condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862991942     PISSN: 19963599     EISSN: 19968744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-010-0410-8     Document Type: Article

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