Revisiting an overlooked parameter in thermal comfort studies, the metabolic rate

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 118, Issue , 2016, Pages 152-159

  Luo, Maohui ^a   Zhou, Xiang ^b   Zhu, Yingxin ^a   Sundell, Jan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clothing insulation; Metabolic rate; Physiological parameters; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

INSULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYNOMIALS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT;

CLOTHING INSULATION; INDOOR THERMAL CONDITIONS; METABOLIC RATES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL SENSATIONS;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 84960076047     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.02.041     Document Type: Article

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