Indoor environmental quality assessment models: A literature review and a proposed weighting and classification scheme

Building and Environment

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 210-222

  Heinzerling, David ^a   Schiavon, Stefano ^a   Webster, Tom ^a   Arens, Ed ^a  

^a Center for the Built Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

IEQ index; IEQ measurement; IEQ model; Indoor environmental quality (IEQ); Occupant satisfaction; Performance measurement protocols (PMP)

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; IEQ INDEX; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS; OCCUPANT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS;

BUILDINGS; CIVIL ENGINEERING;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUILDING; CLASSIFICATION; INDOOR AIR; MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84884363811     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.08.027     Document Type: Review

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