School classroom and thermal comfort: research of indoor environmental conditions through field study

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Published: Jul 27, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/χπ.1415
Keywords:
thermal comfort classroom indoor environmental conditions indoor air quality
Αθηνά Κωνσταντινίδου (Athina Konstantinidou)
Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης
Κλειώ Αξαρλή (Kleo Axarli)
Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης
Abstract
A human’s basic need is to create a thermally neutral environment in which he lives and works in order to ensure his thermal balance, to adequately perform the various activities and to achieve welfare. However, the necessary indoor environmental conditions which achieve thermal comfort are not the same for all people, as there are biological and psychological parameters that affect each person differently.
It is essential to create comfortable and healthy spaces, taking into account the young age of the students. The impact of indoor environmental conditions is much greater on the performance of children than of adults, which means that children are more sensitive and vulnerable of indoor environmental conditions than adults.
This paper aims to present the importance and necessity of thermal comfort in school classrooms. The field study of indoor environmental conditions in a primary school in Thessaloniki will be presented in order to ascertain whether the students’ thermal comfort is achieved and how satisfied are the users by the indoor environmental conditions.
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Author Biographies
Αθηνά Κωνσταντινίδου (Athina Konstantinidou), Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης

Αρχιτέκτων Μηχανικός Α.Π.Θ. MSc UCL Υποψήφια Διδάκτωρ

Κλειώ Αξαρλή (Kleo Axarli), Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης

Δρ. Αρχιτέκτων Μηχανικός Καθηγήτρια

Τμήμα Αρχιτεκτόνων, Τομέας Αρχιτεκτονικής Τεχνολογίας και Αρχιτεκτονικού Σχεδιασμού, Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης

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