The effects of daylighting and human behavior on luminous comfort in residential buildings: A questionnaire survey

Building and Environment

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-59

  Xue, Peng ^a   Mak, C M ^a   Cheung, H D ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Daylighting; Human behavior; Luminous comfort; Physical environment; Questionnaire survey; Residential buildings

Indexed keywords

BUILDING COMPONENTS; DAYLIGHTING; HOUSING; STATISTICAL TESTS; SURVEYS;

HUMAN BEHAVIORS; LUMINOUS COMFORT; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DAYLIGHTING;

BUILDING; HOUSING; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LIGHT EFFECT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; CORRELATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84903689719     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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