Field investigation of comfort temperature in Indian office buildings: A case of Chennai and Hyderabad

Building and Environment

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 195-214

  Indraganti, Madhavi ^a   Ooka, Ryozo ^b   Rijal, Hom B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comfort standards; Comfort temperature; India; Office buildings; Thermal adaptation; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; COMFORT TEMPERATURES; ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION; FIELD INVESTIGATION; INDIA; NATIONAL BUILDING CODE; THERMAL ACCEPTABILITIES; THERMAL ADAPTATION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT;

BUILDING CODES;

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING; DATA SET; FIELD SURVEY; MONSOON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANDHRA PRADESH; CHENNAI; HYDERABAD [ANDHRA PRADESH]; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84877795492     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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