Overheating in schools: Comparing existing and new guidelines

Building Research and Information

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 317-329

  Montazami, Azadeh ^a   Nicol, Fergus ^b  

^a Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptive thermal comfort; benchmarks; overheating; overheating guideline; school classrooms; thermal benchmark

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE THERMAL COMFORT; BENCHMARKS; OVERHEATING; OVERHEATING GUIDELINE; SCHOOL CLASSROOMS; THERMAL BENCHMARK;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; THERMAL COMFORT;

TEACHING;

EID: 84876240584     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2013.770716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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