Thermal discomfort and health: protecting the susceptible from excess cold and excess heat in housing

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 84-98

  Ormandy, David ^a   Ezratty, Véronique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

health; high temperature; housing; low temperature; thermal discomfort

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSING; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON EMISSIONS; DOMESTIC ENERGY USE; HEALTH IMPACT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; POSITION PAPERS; SOCIAL AGENDAS; THERMAL DISCOMFORT;

HEALTH;

EID: 84923562036     PISSN: 17512549     EISSN: 17562201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2015.1014845     Document Type: Article

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