Adaptive comfort and thermal expectations-a subjective evaluation in hot humid climate

Proceedings of Conference: Adapting to Change: New Thinking on Comfort, WINDSOR 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rajasekar, E ^a   Ramachandraiah, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Experimental and subjective evaluation; Extended PMV model; Hot humid climates; Noise climate; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; HOT HUMID CLIMATE; NOISE CLIMATES; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84876214339     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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