Effect of fee-for-service air-conditioning management in balancing thermal comfort and energy usage

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1941-1950

  Chen, Chen Peng ^a   Hwang, Ruey Lung ^b   Shih, Wen Mei ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Fee for service; Mixed mode; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL FEE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TAIWAN; THERMOREGULATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84893163576     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-014-0796-6     Document Type: Article

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