Occupants’ impact on indoor thermal comfort: a co-simulation study on stochastic control of solar shades

Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 272-287

  Yao, Jian ^a   Chow, David Hou Chi ^b   Zheng, Rong Yue ^a   Yan, Chengc Wen ^a  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

indoor thermal comfort; manual solar shades; modified PMV index; solar radiation

Indexed keywords

SOLAR RADIATION; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; THERMAL COMFORT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BASE TEMPERATURE; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; MANUAL SOLAR SHADES; PMV INDEX; PREDICTED MEAN VOTE; STOCHASTIC CONTROL; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL TEST BEDS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84959119494     PISSN: 19401493     EISSN: 19401507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19401493.2015.1046492     Document Type: Article

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