Threshold temperatures for subjective heat stress in urban apartments—Analysing nocturnal bedroom temperatures during a heat wave in Germany
As climate change progresses, it is causing more frequent and severe heat waves, resulting in higher indoor temperatures. Various temperature thresholds for indicating indoor overheating have been proposed in different contexts, extending from reduced comfort in buildings to subjective heat stress a...
Main Authors: | Sabrina Katharina Beckmann, Michael Hiete, Christoph Beck |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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Series: | Climate Risk Management |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096321000152 |
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