Comfort and adaptation in mixed-mode buildings in a hot-dry climate

Proceedings - Windsor Conference 2014: Counting the Cost of Comfort in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 446-460

  Honnekeri, Anoop ^a   Brager, Gail ^a   Dhaka, Shivraj ^b   Mathur, Jyotirmay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptive action; Mixed mode; Thermal comfort; Zoned type

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; THERMAL COMFORT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR; COMFORT RESPONSE; ENERGY-EFFICIENT DESIGN; HOT DRY CLIMATES; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; RADIANT TEMPERATURES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85088227263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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