Development of the adaptive model for thermal comfort in Japanese houses

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

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 16-27

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

^a TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive model; Comfort temperature; Field survey; Griffiths' method

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MODELING; COMFORT TEMPERATURES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; MEASURED TEMPERATURES; OUTDOOR CLIMATE; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 85088232727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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