Title: UK solid-wall dwellings-thermal comfort, energy efficiency refurbishment and the user perspective-some preliminary analysis from the CALEBRE project.

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Vadodaria, Keyur ^a   Loveday, Dennis ^a   Haines, Victoria ^a   Mitchell, Val ^a   Mallaband, Becky ^a   Bayer, Steven ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Householder Survey; Retrofit; Thermal Comfort; UK solid wall housing

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; COST FACTORS; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; RETROFIT; SAMPLE SELECTION; SOLID WALL; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

HOUSING;

EID: 84876244832     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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