Thermal comfort requirements in the summer season in subtropical urban spaces

Intelligent Buildings International

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 224-238

  Yang, Wei ^a,b   Lin, Yaolin ^b   Wong, Nyuk Hien ^a   Zhou, Junli ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

acceptable temperate range; gender differences; subtropical China; thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

SENSORY PERCEPTION; TROPICS; URBAN PLANNING;

ACCEPTABLE TEMPERATE RANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SUBTROPICAL CHINA; THERMAL ACCEPTABILITIES; THERMAL SENSATION VOTES;

THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GENDER; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEASONALITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; URBAN AREA; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84906785034     PISSN: 17508975     EISSN: 17566932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2014.933698     Document Type: Article

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