Comfort and performance impact of personal control over thermal environment in summer: Results from a laboratory study

Building and Environment

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 315-326

  Boerstra, Atze C ^a,b   Kulve, Marije te ^c   Toftum, Jørn ^d   Loomans, Marcel G L C ^a   Olesen, Bjarne W ^d   Hensen, Jan L M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b BBA Binnenmilieu   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptive opportunities; Environmental psychology; Fans; Individual control; Productivity; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

FANS; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

ADAPTIVE OPPORTUNITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; INDIVIDUAL CONTROL; LABORATORY STUDIES; OPERABLE WINDOWS; PERFORMANCE IMPACT; PERFORMANCE TESTS; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

PRODUCTIVITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INDOOR AIR; LABORATORY METHOD; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SUMMER;

EID: 84923881090     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.12.022     Document Type: Article

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