Experimental study on thermal comfort of sleeping people at different air temperatures

Building and Environment

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-31

  Lan, Li ^a   Pan, Li ^a,b   Lian, Zhiwei ^a   Huang, Hongyuan ^c   Lin, Yanbing ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences   (China)

^c School of Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Bedroom; Sleep environment; Sleep quality; Sleeping people; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BEDROOM; SLEEP ENVIRONMENT; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEPING PEOPLE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; SLOW WAVE STRUCTURES; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VENTILATION;

EID: 84890837174     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.11.024     Document Type: Article

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