A Preliminary Study of Thermal Comfort in Malaysia’s Single Storey Terraced Houses

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 175-182

  Nugroho, Agung Murti ^a   Ahmad, Mohd Hamdan ^a   Ossen, Dilshan Remaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Natural ventilation; Terraced house; Thermal comfort; Thermal environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908005842     PISSN: 13467581     EISSN: 13472852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3130/jaabe.6.175     Document Type: Article

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