Field survey of air conditioner temperature settings in hot, humid climates, part 1: Questionnaire results on use of air conditioners in houses during sleep

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-148

  Ekasiwi, Sri Nastiti N ^a   Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita ^b   Hokoi, Shuichi ^c   Oka, Daisuke ^d   Takagi, Nozomi ^e   Uno, Tomoko ^f  

^a Institute of Technology   (Indonesia)

^b Nizwa University   (Oman)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAJIMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e OBAYASHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field survey; Hot; Humid climate; Sleeping environment; Thermal environment

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; SLEEP RESEARCH;

FIELD SURVEYS; HUMID CLIMATES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SLEEPING ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES; TEMPERATURE SETTING; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; VERY LOW TEMPERATURES;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84877909520     PISSN: 13467581     EISSN: 13472852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3130/jaabe.12.141     Document Type: Article

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