Use of personalized ventilation for improving health, comfort, and performance at high room temperature and humidity

Indoor Air

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-263

  Melikov, A K ^a   Skwarczynski, M A ^a,b   Kaczmarczyk, J ^c   Zabecky, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Comfort; Health; Hot and humid environment; Individual control; Performance; Personalized ventilation

Indexed keywords

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

CLIMATE CHAMBERS; COMFORT; FILM STABILITY; HOT AND HUMID ENVIRONMENTS; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INDIVIDUAL CONTROL; PERFORMANCE; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION; TEAR FILMS; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES;

AIR QUALITY;

EID: 84876696275     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12012     Document Type: Article

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