A field study of thermal comfort in outdoor and semi-outdoor environments in a humid subtropical climate city

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-79

  Zhou, Zeng ^a   Chen, Hong ^b   Deng, Qinli ^a   Mochida, Akashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Humid subtropical climate; Outdoor thermal comfort; Piloti; Standard effective temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT; TROPICS;

MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; OUTDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; PILOTI; SEMI-OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; STANDARD EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURES; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES; THERMAL SENSATION VOTES;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

EID: 84877901690     PISSN: 13467581     EISSN: 13472852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3130/jaabe.12.73     Document Type: Article

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