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A comparative analysis of the indoor air quality and thermal comfort in schools with natural, hybrid and mechanical ventilation strategies.

Author(s) : MUMOVIC D., DAVIES M., PEARSON C., et al.

Summary

Within the UK, the importance of providing adequate ventilation in schools has been recognised in a recently adopted document (Building Bulletin 101), which defines the set of performance criteria in relation to ventilation rates and indoor air quality in new school buildings. This paper describes a series of field measurements that investigated the ventilation rates and indoor air quality in three new secondary schools in England with respect to these new criteria. The study also analysed the overall performance of the integrated heating and ventilation systems with regards to comfort. All the schools satisfied the recommended ventilation performance standards during the week that the measurements were undertaken. However, this apparently reassuring message can be misleading unless one takes into account both the original design assumptions and then the actual occupancy of the classrooms and occupant behaviour in general. With regards to comfort, for many rooms the schools did not meet the relevant recommended levels.

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  • Original title: A comparative analysis of the indoor air quality and thermal comfort in schools with natural, hybrid and mechanical ventilation strategies.
  • Record ID : 2008-2688
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Clima 2007. WellBeing Indoors. Proceedings of the 9th REHVA World Congress [CD-ROM + Abstract book].
  • Publication date: 2007/06/10

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