Energy Efficiency and User Comfort in the Workplace: Norwegian Cellular vs. British Open Plan Workplaces

Energy Procedia

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 807-812

  Shahzad, Sally S ^a   Brennan, John ^a   Theodossopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Hughes, Ben ^b   Calautit, John Kaiser ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cellular plan; energy; indiviual control; open plan office; Thermal comfort; workplace

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL VARIABLES CONTROL; VENTILATION;

CELLULAR PLAN; DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; OPEN-PLAN OFFICES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; WORKPLACE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84947052610     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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