Thermal comfort: Design and assessment for energy saving

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 326-336

  D'Ambrosio Alfano, Francesca Romana ^a   Olesen, Bjarne W ^b   Palella, Boris Igor ^c   Riccio, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building design; HVAC systems; IEQ; PMV; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY CONSERVATION; THERMAL COMFORT;

ADVANCED DESIGNS; BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING ENERGY; HVAC SYSTEM; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; OPERATION LEVELS; RECOMMENDED VALUES; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; IEQ; PMV;

HVAC; THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84904547028     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.06.033     Document Type: Article

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