Thermal comfort in UK housing to avoid overheating: Lessons from a 'Zero Carbon' case study

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rijal, Hom B ^a   Stevenson, Fionn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE THERMAL COMFORT; BUILD SYSTEMS; BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS; CARBON EMISSIONS; SUSTAINABLE HOMES; TEMPERATURE PEAKS; WINDOW ADJUSTMENTS; WINDOW OPENINGS;

HEATING; SURVEYS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84876271232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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