Thermal comfort of various building layouts with a proposed discomfort index range for tropical climate

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-15

  Md Din, Mohd Fadhil ^a   Lee, Yee Yong ^a   Ponraj, Mohanadoss ^a   Ossen, Dilshan Remaz ^b   Iwao, Kenzo ^c   Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan ^a  

^a Universiti Tteknologi Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Building layout; Discomfort index; Thermal comfort; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING LAYOUT; DISCOMFORT INDEX; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL SENSATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HEATING; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84894028927     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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