Thermal comfort of a typical secondary school building in Cyprus

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 303-312

  Katafygiotou, Martha C ^a   Serghides, Despina K ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

School buildings; Thermal comfort; Users' behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904401460     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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