Historical and Cultural Influences on Comfort Expectations

Buildings, Culture and Environment: Informing Local and Global Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 177-201

  Brager, Gail S ^a   de Dear, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air conditioning technology; Attitudes; Comfort; Exchange; Relationship

Indexed keywords

ION EXCHANGE;

AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGIES; ATTITUDES; COMFORT; CULTURAL INFLUENCES; RELATIONSHIP;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 84955378266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470759066.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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