Indoor heat stress: An assessment of human bioclimate using the UTCI in different buildings in Berlin

Indoor heat stress: An assessment of human bioclimate using the UTCI in different buildings in Berlin

Because humans spend most of their time indoors and can be negatively affected by unfavourable thermal environments, the assessment of indoor heat stress is an important issue for public health care. To characterise indoor human bioclimate, the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) was used. UTCI v...

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Main Authors: Langner, Marcel, Scherber, Katharina, Endlicher, Wilfried
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin 2014-04-01
Series:DIE ERDE: Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin
Subjects:
Heat stress
indoor climate
UTCI
Berlin
Online Access:http://www.die-erde.org/index.php/die-erde/article/view/55/pdf_4

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