The dynamics of thermal comfort expectations: The problem, challenge and impication

Building and Environment

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 322-329

  Luo, Maohui ^a   de Dear, Richard ^b   Ji, Wenjie ^a   Bin, Cao ^a   Lin, Borong ^a   Ouyang, Qin ^a   Zhu, Yingxin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive thermal comfort; Indoor thermal environment; Thermal expectation; Thermal experience

Indexed keywords

HEATING; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

ADAPTIVE THERMAL COMFORT; COMFORT PERCEPTION; INDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; THERMAL ACCEPTABILITIES; THERMAL EXPECTATION; THERMAL EXPERIENCE;

DISTRICT HEATING;

ADULT; CLIMATE; HEATING; INDOOR AIR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA;

EID: 84943736898     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.07.015     Document Type: Article

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