Thermal comfort assessment of large-scale hospitals in tropical climates: A case study of University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC)

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 317-322

  Azizpour, F ^a   Moghimi, S ^a   Salleh, E ^a   Mat, S ^a   Lim, C H ^a   Sopian, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Effective temperature (ET*); Neutral temperature; Operative temperature (OT); Predicted mean vote (PMV); Thermal comfort; Thermal sensation vote (TSV)

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; THERMAL SENSATION VOTES;

HOSPITALS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84879087373     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.05.033     Document Type: Article

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