Updating the adaptive relation between climate and comfort indoors; new insights and an extended database

Building and Environment

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-55

  Humphreys, M A ^a   Rijal, H B ^a,b   Nicol, J F ^a,b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive models; Climate; Field studies; Standards; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; SPACE HEATING;

'CURRENT; ADAPTIVE MODELS; CLIMATE; COMFORT INDOOR; COMFORT TEMPERATURES; FIELD STUDIES; INDOOR COMFORTS; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; SUMMARY STATISTIC; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

THERMAL COMFORT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE; DATABASE; INDOOR AIR; PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84874560538     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.01.024     Document Type: Review

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