Thermal comfort and productivity in offices under mandatory electricity savings after the Great East Japan earthquake

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-13

  Tanabe, Shin Ichi ^a   Iwahashi, Yuko ^a   Tsushima, Sayana ^a   Nishihara, Naoe ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of the Sacred Heart   (Japan)

Author keywords

earthquake; electricity; energy saving; indoor environment; productivity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY SAVING; GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKES; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; POWER SHORTAGE; SET-POINT TEMPERATURES; SUMMER SEASON; VENTILATION RATE;

EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84876725420     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2012.744296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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