Evaluation of urban residential thermal comfort in relation to indoor and outdoor air temperatures in Ibadan, Nigeria

Building and Environment

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-205

  Adunola, Adewale Oluseyi ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Thermal comfort; Tropical climate; Urban microclimate

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; SPACE HEATING; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIRS; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; OUTDOOR MEASUREMENTS; STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING; TROPICAL CLIMATES; URBAN MICROCLIMATE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING; INDOOR AIR; NEIGHBORHOOD; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN CLIMATE;

IBADAN; NIGERIA; OYO;

EID: 84895778746     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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