Physiological and subjective thermal response from Indians

Building and Environment

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 306-317

  Maiti, Rina ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Indian climate; PMV and TSV; Thermal comfort; Thermal Sensation Vote; Tropical thermal adaptation

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; INDIAN CLIMATE; INDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; PMV AND TSV; STEPWISE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL ADAPTATION; THERMAL SENSATION VOTES;

EXPERIMENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; THERMAL COMFORT;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STUDENT; TEMPERATURE;

INDIA;

EID: 84884957558     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.08.029     Document Type: Article

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