Thermal history and its influence on occupants' thermal acceptability and cooling preferences in warm-humid climates: A new desire for comfort

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  De Vecchi, Renata ^a   Cândido, Christhina ^b   Lamberts, Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooling preference; Energy conservation; Mixed mode buildings; Thermal comfort; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMFORT; AIR TEMPERATURE; EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS; MIXED MODE; SOUTH AMERICA; THERMAL ACCEPTABILITIES; THERMAL HISTORY; WARM-HUMID CLIMATES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COLLEGE BUILDINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 84893095643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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