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Thermal comfort: analysis and applications in environmental engineering,
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In this paper, an account of research undertaken by the author and his colleagues at the Technical University of Denmark and at the Institute for Environmental Research, Kansas State University is described. But the data in the literature on thermal comfort are extensive, they are disjointed Other CABI sites Abstract:
This book is basically an account of research undertaken by the author and his colleagues at the Technical University of Denmark and at the Institute for Environmental Research, Kansas State University. Although the data in the literature on thermal comfort are extensive, they are disjointed Other CABI sites read more
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