Studies of outdoor thermal comfort in northern China

Building and Environment

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-118

  Lai, Dayi ^a   Guo, Deheng ^b   Hou, Yuefei ^b   Lin, Chenyi ^b   Chen, Qingyan ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cold climate; Outdoor spaces; Thermal comfort; Thermal index; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PATIENT MONITORING; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND;

COLD CLIMATE; OUTDOOR SPACE; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; OUTDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; THERMAL INDEX; THERMAL SENSATIONS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COLD AIR; INDEX METHOD; MICROCLIMATE; OPEN SPACE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC SPACE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION; VENTILATION; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; TIANJIN;

EID: 84899022178     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.026     Document Type: Article

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