A novel human body exergy consumption formula to determine indoor thermal conditions for optimal human performance in office buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-55

  Wu, Xiaozhou ^a,b   Zhao, Jianing ^a   Olesen, Bjarne W ^b   Fang, Lei ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Human body exergy consumption; Human performance; Indoor thermal conditions; Office work; Thermal comfort; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

EXERGY CONSUMPTION; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; OFFICE WORK; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL SENSATIONS;

OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EXERGY;

EID: 84870662404     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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