Thermal comfort and building energy consumption implications - A review

Applied Energy

Volumn 115, Issue , 2014, Pages 164-173

  Yang, Liu ^a   Yan, Haiyan ^a,b   Lam, Joseph C ^c  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adaptive comfort models; Building energy efficiency; Climate change; Heat and cooling requirements; Predicted mean vote

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; THERMAL COMFORT;

ADAPTIVE COMFORT MODELS; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; COOLING REQUIREMENTS; NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS; POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDINGS;

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HEATING; LITERATURE REVIEW; THERMAL ALTERATION;

EID: 84888413374     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.10.062     Document Type: Review

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