A holistic approach for the assessment of the indoor environmental quality, student productivity, and energy consumption in primary schools

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1-18

  Dorizas, Paraskevi Vivian ^a   Assimakopoulos, Margarita Niki ^a   Santamouris, Mattheos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Energy; IEQ; Measurements; Productivity; Questionnaires; Schools

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRODUCTIVITY; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; VENTILATION;

ENERGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OIL; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIMARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GREECE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; ILLUMINATION; LEARNING; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; AIR CONDITIONING; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TEMPERATURE;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCHOOLS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; STUDENTS; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84928341191     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4503-9     Document Type: Article

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