Examining and developing the adaptive relation between climate and thermal comfort indoors

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

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

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MODELS; CLIMATE; COMFORT TEMPERATURES; FIELD-STUDIES; INDOOR COMFORT TEMPERATURES; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; RELIABLE ESTIMATES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SPACE HEATING; STANDARDS; THERMAL COMFORT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84876242729     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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