Questionnaire design to determine children's thermal sensation, preference and acceptability in the classroom

Proceedings - 28th International PLEA Conference on Sustainable Architecture + Urban Design: Opportunities, Limits and Needs - Towards an Environmentally Responsible Architecture, PLEA 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Haddad, Shamila ^a   King, Steve ^a   Osmond, Paul ^a   Heidari, Shahin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Questionnaire design; Thermal comfort; Thermal preference; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL COMFORT;

CHILDREN; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN; STATISTICAL APPROXIMATION; SUBJECTIVE RATING SCALE; THERMAL PREFERENCES; THERMAL SENSATIONS;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

EID: 85069267108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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