Adaptive Thermal Comfort: Foundations and Analysis

Adaptive Thermal Comfort: Foundations and Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-377

  Humphreys, Michael ^a   Nicol, Fergus ^c   Roaf, Susan ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315765815     Document Type: Book

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