Adaptive model of thermal comfort for offices in hot and humid climates of India

Building and Environment

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-53

  Indraganti, Madhavi ^a,b   Ooka, Ryozo ^b   Rijal, Hom B ^c   Brager, Gail S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive model; Comfort standards; Comfort temperature; India; Office buildings; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SPACE HEATING; THERMAL COMFORT;

ACTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; ADAPTIVE MODELING; ADAPTIVE THERMAL COMFORT; COMFORT TEMPERATURES; HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE; INDIA; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDOOR AIR; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84893027258     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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