Thermal comfort study in hot-humid area of China

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Huimei, Chen ^a   Yufeng, Zhang ^a   Jinyong, Wang ^a   Qinglin, Meng ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate chamber study; Hot humid area; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHAMBERS; COMPREHENSIVE COMPARISONS; HOT-HUMID AREA; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER VAPOUR PRESSURE;

PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84876261211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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