Thermal comfort in offices in India: Behavioral adaptation and the effect of age and gender

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 284-295

  Indraganti, Madhavi ^a   Ooka, Ryozo ^b   Rijal, Hom B ^c  

^a PRINCE SULTAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive model; Age; Behavioral adaptation; Field study; Gender; India; Logistic regression; Office buildings; Personal environmental controls; Thermal comfort; Use of AC

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL COMFORT;

ADAPTIVE MODELING; AGE; BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; FIELD STUDIES; GENDER; INDIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84937116285     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.05.042     Document Type: Article

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