A comparison of student performance between conditioned and naturally ventilated classrooms

Building and Environment

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 181-188

  Mishra, Asit Kumar ^a   Ramgopal, Maddali ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptive thermal comfort; Classrooms; Natural ventilation; Student performance

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; TEACHING; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

ADAPTIVE THERMAL COMFORT; CLASSROOM LEARNING; CLASSROOMS; COMPARISON RESULT; NATURAL VENTILATION; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; STUDENT PERFORMANCE; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

STUDENTS;

AIR CONDITIONING; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STUDENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

EID: 84912012522     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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