Ventilation system type, classroom environmental quality and pupils' perceptions and symptoms

Building and Environment

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-57

  Gao, Jie ^a,b   Wargocki, Pawel ^a   Wang, Yi ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Perception and symptom; Temperature; Ventilation system type; Window opening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894102761     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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