Winter indoor air quality, thermal comfort and acoustic performance of newly built secondary schools in England

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1466-1477

  Mumovic, D ^a   Palmer, J ^b   Davies, M ^a   Orme, M ^b   Ridley, I ^a   Oreszczyn, T ^a   Judd, C ^c   Critchlow, R ^d   Medina, H A ^a   Pilmoor, G ^c   Pearson, C ^c   Way, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Faber Maunsell   (United Kingdom)

^c BSRIA   (United Kingdom)

^d Sound Research Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Classroom; Indoor air quality; Operational performance; Schools; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTICS; AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RISK PERCEPTION; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEACHING; VENTILATION;

ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE; AMBIENT NOISE; CLASSROOM; COMPLEX INTERACTIONS; ENGLAND; EXTERNAL NOISE; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; FRESH AIRS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; NATURAL VENTILATIONS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; SCHOOLS; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; WINDOW AREAS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT NOISE; CARBON DIOXIDE; INDOOR AIR; VENTILATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 61349122017     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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