Thermal comfort practices in the home and their impact on energy consumption

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-24

  Tweed, Christopher ^a   Dixon, Dylan ^a   Hinton, Emma ^b   Bickerstaff, Karen ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comfort practices; controls; heating; monitoring; thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

COMFORT PRACTICES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; LIVING SPACES; MEASUREMENTS OF; NON-DOMESTIC BUILDINGS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; THERMAL CONDITION;

CONTROL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEATING; MONITORING;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84887911010     PISSN: 17452007     EISSN: 17527589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17452007.2013.837243     Document Type: Article

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