Impact of perceived control on comfort and health in European office buildings

10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 370-375

  Boerstra, Atze ^a,b   Beuker, Tim ^a   Loomans, Marcel ^b   Hensen, Jan ^b  

^a BBA Binnenmilieu   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive comfort; Occupant behaviour; Perception; User control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMFORT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOUR; PERSONAL CONTROL; USER CONTROL;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

EID: 84883389122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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