Material culture, room temperature and the social organisation of thermal energy

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 113-124

  Shove, Elizabeth ^a   Walker, Gordon ^a   Brown, Sam ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy; Flow; Indoor climate; Scale; Thermal exchange

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY FLUX; INDOOR AIR; MATERIAL CULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84904672888     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: 14603586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183514525084     Document Type: Article

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