Adaptive thermal comfort in Japanese houses during the summer season: Behavioral Adaptation and the Effect of Humidity

Buildings

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1037-1054

  Rijal, Hom B ^a   Humphreys, Michael ^b   Nicol, Fergus ^b  

^a TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comfort temperature; Dwellings; Humidity; Occupant behavior; Skin moisture; Summertime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958774002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20755309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/buildings5031037     Document Type: Article

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