Human body exergy consumption and thermal comfort of an office worker in typical and extreme weather conditions in Finland

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 249-257

  Ala Juusela, Mia ^a   Shukuya, Masanori ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human body exergy analysis; Office work; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; METEOROLOGY; OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL COMFORT;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS; HUMAN BODY EXERGY CONSUMPTION; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; OFFICE WORKS; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

EXERGY;

EID: 84897454483     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.02.067     Document Type: Article

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