Ventilation, temperature, and HVAC characteristics in small and medium commercial buildings in California

Indoor Air

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 309-320

  Bennett, D H ^a   Fisk, W ^b   Apte, M G ^b   Wu, X ^a   Trout, A ^a   Faulkner, D ^b   Sullivan, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air exchange rate; Commercial buildings; Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning; Thermal comfort; Ventilation; Ventilation standards

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; FINANCE; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RETAIL STORES;

AIR EXCHANGE RATES; CALIFORNIA; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; FIELD STUDIES; HEATING VENTILATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR-CONDITIONING; OUTDOOR AIR; SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS; VENTILATION RATE; VENTILATION STANDARD;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84863798493     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2012.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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