Investigating the Effects of Environmental Factors on Office Buildings’ Indoor Environment Quality in Iran’s Cold Climate (Case study: Kermanshah)

Subject Areas : Urban Design

Maryam Ansarimanesh ¹ , Nazanin Nasrollahi ²

1 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Departmant of Art and Architecture,University of Ilam, Iran.

Received: 2014-01-29 Accepted : 2014-04-05 Published : 2014-06-01

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