Creating A Healthy Indoor Air Quality In School Buildings

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Stranger ◽  
Kim Constandt ◽  
Frederick Maes ◽  
Borislav Lazarov ◽  
Eddy Goelen
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
School Buildings

AN EVALUATION OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OCCUPANT WELL-BEING IN MANITOBA SCHOOL BUILDINGS

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Radwan ◽  
Mohamed H. Issa
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Green School

This exploratory research aims to evaluate indoor environmental quality in the classrooms of three school buildings in Southern Manitoba, Canada, and to evaluate the well-being of these schools' teachers as it pertains to their perception of their classrooms' indoor environment. The schools include a middle-aged, conventional school; a new, non-green school; and a new, green school certified using the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system. The methodology involved using a mobile instrument cart to conduct snapshot measurements of thermal comfort, indoor air quality, lighting and acoustics in classrooms and an occupant survey to evaluate teachers' long-term satisfaction with their classrooms' indoor environmental quality. The results showed that the new, green and new, non-green schools' classrooms performed better than the conventional, middle-aged school's classrooms with respect to some aspects of thermal comfort and indoor air quality only. Teachers in the new, green school and in the new, non-green school were more satisfied than teachers in the conventional, middle-aged school with their classrooms' overall indoor environmental quality, lighting quality and indoor air quality. Surprisingly, the new, green and new-non green school classrooms' performance were very comparable with the new, green school's classrooms performing statistically significantly better with respect to relative humidity. Similarly, none of the differences in teachers' satisfaction ratings between the new, green and new, non-green school were statistically significant.

Indoor air quality investigation according to age of the school buildings in Korea

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 348-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wonho Yang ◽  
Jongryeul Sohn ◽  
Jihwan Kim ◽  
Busoon Son ◽  
Jinchul Park
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
School Buildings

Effect of Building Frame and Moisture Damage on Microbiological Indoor Air Quality in School Buildings

AIHA Journal ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teija Meklin ◽  
Anne Hyvärinen ◽  
Mika Toivola ◽  
Tiina Reponen ◽  
Virpi Koponen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Moisture Damage ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
Building Frame

scholarly journals Design and Feasibility Evaluation of Self-Reporting Application for Indoor Air Quality and Health Measures

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Similä ◽  
Salla Muuraiskangas ◽  
Jussi Ronkainen ◽  
Kaisa Vehmas ◽  
Johanna Kallio
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
The Self ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
Fast Reaction ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Feasibility Evaluation ◽  
World Environment

Indoor air quality (IAQ) plays an important role in human health as people spend the majority of their time indoors. A self-reporting application was developed to collect long-term perceived IAQ data and symptoms caused by poor IAQ immediately at the onset of symptoms. The feasibility of the application was tested in a real-world environment by four teachers in two school buildings for 18 weeks. The participants received two questionnaire notifications per day to answer IAQ, symptoms, productivity, stress, sleep, and pupil concentration/restlessness related questions. They were also able to report those issues any other time. During the pilot, the participants answered 569 questionnaires in the application. They found the application to be usable and useful, however, the frequency of questionnaire notifications became heavy, because the perceived IAQ did not change much. The feasibility study showed the potential of the self-reporting application to capture perceived IAQ and symptoms, promptly enabling fast reaction to possible problems in IAQ.

Analysis of Ventilation Systems and Control Methods for Optimal Indoor Air Quality in School Buildings

KIEAE Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-137
Author(s):  
Young Jae Choi ◽  
Bo Rang Park ◽  
Yong Woo Song ◽  
Eun Ji Choi ◽  
Jin Woo Moon
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Systems And Control ◽  
And Control ◽  
Ventilation Systems

scholarly journals Exposure to indoor air contaminants in school buildings with and without reported indoor air quality problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 141 ◽  
pp. 105781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Vornanen-Winqvist ◽  
Kati Järvi ◽  
Maria A. Andersson ◽  
Caroline Duchaine ◽  
Valérie Létourneau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
Air Contaminants
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