Adaptive thermal comfort in australian school classrooms

Building Research and Information

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 383-398

  De Dear, Richard ^a   Kim, Jungsoo ^a   Candido, Christhina ^a   Deuble, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive comfort; Children; PMV; School buildings; School classrooms; Thermal comfort; Thermal perception

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

ADAPTIVE COMFORT; ADAPTIVE THERMAL COMFORT; CHILDREN; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; SCHOOL CLASSROOMS; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES; THERMAL ADAPTABILITIES; THERMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84923198728     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2015.991627     Document Type: Article

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