Effects of different cooling principles on thermal sensation and physiological responses

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-125

  Schellen, Lisje ^a,b,c   Loomans, Marcel G L C ^a   De Wit, Martin H ^a   Olesen, Bjarne W ^d   Lichtenbelt, Wouter D Van Marken ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Different cooling techniques; Different ventilation principles; Non uniform thermal environments; Physiological responses; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

COOLING TECHNIQUE; DIFFERENT VENTILATION PRINCIPLES; DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; NON-UNIFORM ENVIRONMENTS; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

BUOYANCY; FLOORS; HEAT RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY PERCEPTION; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

COOLING;

EID: 84875696392     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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