Studying the adaptive comfort model a case study in a hot dry climate, Cairo, Egypt

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Farghal, Amgad ^a   Wagner, Andreas ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive Comfort Model; Field study; Hot arid climate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMFORT MODELS; DIFFERENT CLIMATIC ZONES; FIELD STUDIES; HOT ARID CLIMATES; NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDING CODES; SPACE HEATING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84876273745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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