Sleep thermal comfort and the energy saving potential due to reduced indoor operative temperature during sleep

Building and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-98

  Leung, Chris ^a   Ge, Hua ^b  

^a Konstruct West Partners Ltd   (China)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Field measurements; Radiant heating; Sleep thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; ENERGY SIMULATION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD STUDIES; HEATING DEMAND; HEATING ENERGY; HEATING SYSTEM; HUMAN BODIES; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; SETPOINTS; SKIN TEMPERATURES; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

BUILDING CODES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; OPTIMIZATION; RADIANT HEATING; SPACE HEATING; THERMAL COMFORT;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEATING; INSULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDOOR AIR; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VENTILATION;

EID: 84870475372     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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