Climate, buildings and occupant expectations: a comfort-based model for the design and operation of office buildings in hot humid conditions

Office buildings in hot humid Singapore appear to be designed for stable and uniform indoor conditions. It is proposed in this thesis that this is unnecessary, as occupant comfort expectations do not warrant it and energy is wasted as a result. A comfort-based approach to design is advocated, as a m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kishnani, Nirmal
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2002
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2325