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Document ID (ISN)103168
CIS number 04-204
ISBN(s) 3-89509-013-3
Year 2003
Convention or series no. Fb 991
Author(s) Richter W.
Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin
Title Manual of thermal comfort - Heating periods
Original title Handbuch der thermischen Behaglichkeit - Heizperiode [in German]
Bibliographic information Wirtschaftsverlag NW, Postfach 10 11 10, 27511 Bremerhaven, Germany, 2003. 368p. Illus. 36 ref. Price: EUR 27.00.
Abstract This manual consists of a decision-support tool for selecting appropriate heating systems for office and residential buildings. It is aimed at building proprietors, architects, physicists, engineers and designers specialized in the technical equipment of buildings, as well as at hygienists, safety specialists and scientists working in the field of thermal comfort. Contents: thermal comfort principles and criteria; work algorithms; limiting and constraining conditions; overview of the study parameters; diagrams illustrating thermal comfort of highly diverse structures and equipment; graphical representations; analysis of the results based on comfort comparisons.
Descriptors (primary) thermal environment; heating
Descriptors (secondary) air temperature; location of air inlet; mathematical models; manuals; ventilation; Germany
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Heating, ventilation and climate
Broad subject area(s) Physical hazards
Browse category(ies) Heating and air conditioning
Heat and cold