Investigation of the comfort temperature and adaptive model in Japanese houses in summer

Proceedings of 7th Windsor Conference: The Changing Context of Comfort in an Unpredictable World

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Katsuno, Jiro ^a   Rijal, Hom B ^a   Kikuchi, Seohiro ^b  

^a TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Dept of Research and Development   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive model; Air temperature; Comfort temperature; House; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MODELING; AIR TEMPERATURE; COMFORT TEMPERATURES; FIELD SURVEYS; HOT ENVIRONMENTS; INDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

HOUSES;

EID: 84893074252     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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