Explaining the individual processes leading to adaptive comfort: Exploring physiological, behavioural and psychological reactions to thermal stimuli

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 438-463

  Schweiker, Marcel ^a   Brasche, Sabine ^b   Bischof, Wolfgang ^b   Hawighorst, Maren ^a   Wagner, Andreas ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive thermal comfort; multivariate regression analysis; occupant behaviour; physiology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE THERMAL COMFORT; COMFORT PERCEPTION; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOUR; PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTIONS;

PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; THERMAL COMFORT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84876782390     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259112473945     Document Type: Article

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