Impact of perceived personal control over indoor climate on health and comfort in Dutch offices

12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 2402-2407

  Boerstra, Atze C ^a,b   Beuker, Tim C ^a  

^a BBA Binnenmilieu   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Building related symptoms; Individual control; Local climatisation; Personal symptom index

Indexed keywords

CLIMATISATION; INDIVIDUAL CONTROL; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR CLIMATE; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; PERSONAL CONTROL; PERSONAL SYMPTOM INDEX; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

HEALTH; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 84880563272     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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