Assessment of Thermal Comfort in Vernacular Buildings in the Cold and Mountainous Region (Case S‌tudy: Hamadan, Iran)

Subject Areas : Architecture

Farnoush Shams Azad ¹ , Vahdaneh Fooladi ²

1 - M.A., Faculty of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assis‌tant Professor, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2021-05-16 Accepted : 2021-11-26 Published : 2022-01-01

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