Field survey of air conditioner temperature settings in a hot, dry climate (Oman)

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 751-759

  Majid, Noor Hanita Abdul ^a   Takagi, Nozomi ^b   Hokoi, Shuichi ^c   Ekasiwi, Sri Nastiti N ^d   Uno, Tomoko ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b OBAYASHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (Indonesia)

^e MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; SURVEYS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL COMFORT; TROPICS;

AIR CONDITIONER USE; AIR-CONDITIONING DESIGN; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES; TEMPERATURE SETTING; THERMAL SENSATIONS; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 84907858030     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2014.953845     Document Type: Article

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