Correlation and regression studies of indoor environmental quality (IEQ), human productivity, comfort and stress level in office buildings

Advanced Science Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 342-345

  Mahbob, Naziatul Syima ^a   Kamaruzzaman, Syahrul Nizam ^a   Salleh, Naziah ^a,b   Sulaiman, Raha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Building performance; Indoor environmental quality; Occupants' satisfaction; Office building; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876819386     PISSN: 19366612     EISSN: 19367317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/asl.2013.4707     Document Type: Article

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