Building and occupant energetics: A physiological hypothesis

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-53

  Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D ^a   Kingma, Boris R ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dynamic indoor climate; energy balance; temperature training; thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMFORT MODELS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK; INDOOR CLIMATE; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL COMFORT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84876741986     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2012.759377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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