Predictive thermal comfort model: Are current field studies measuring the most influential variables

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gauthier, Stephanie M ^a   Shipworth, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity level; Predictive model; Sensitivity analysis; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; ACTIVITY LEVELS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; OCCUPANTS' BEHAVIOURS; PREDICTIVE MODELING; SOCIO-TECHNICAL APPROACH; THERMAL COMFORT MODELS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84893137432     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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