Adaptive comfort in an unpredictable world

Building Research and Information

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-258

  Nicol, Fergus ^a   Stevenson, Fionn ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMFORT; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; COST OF ENERGIES; COST-OF-LIVING; DESIGN STRATEGIES; GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS; PREDICTIVE MODELING; STANDARD OF LIVING;

THERMAL COMFORT; WAGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84877069068     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2013.783528     Document Type: Conference Paper

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