Student learning performance and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in air-conditioned university teaching rooms

Building and Environment

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 238-244

  Lee, M C ^a   Mui, K W ^b   Wong, L T ^b   Chan, W Y ^b   Lee, E W M ^c   Cheung, C T ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Classroom and lecture hall; Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ); Learning performance; Subjective and objective measurement

Indexed keywords

AIR SPEED; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLASSROOM AND LECTURE HALL; CLOTHING INSULATION; EMPIRICAL EXPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; GOOD CORRELATIONS; ILLUMINATION LEVELS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (IEQ); LARGE LECTURE; LEARNING PERFORMANCE; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; STUDENT LEARNING; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; UNIVERSITY TEACHING; VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; AUDITORIUMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SOUND INSULATION;

TEACHING;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; LEARNING; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STUDENT;

EID: 80054871161     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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