Field evaluation of thermal comfort and indoor environment quality for a hospital in a hot and humid climate

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 671-680

  Wang, Fujen ^a   Lee, Mengchieh ^b   Cheng, Tsungjung ^c   Law, Yuquan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MOVEMENT; AIR VELOCITIES; COMFORT CONDITIONS; COMFORT PARAMETER; FIELD EVALUATION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD MEASUREMENT DATA; FULLY OPERATIONAL; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; HOSPITAL BUILDINGS; HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE; HVAC SYSTEM; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITY; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; TOTAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; FELT; GLOBAL WARMING; HOSPITALS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEASUREMENTS; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84865203585     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2012.644102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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