Conference presentation
Cold comfort: thermal satisfaction in academia
Proceedings, Windsor Conference 2014, Counting the Cost of Comfort in a Changing World
NCEUB
8th Windsor Conference, 8th (Windsor, United Kingdom, 10 Apr 2014 - 13 Apr 2014)
10 Apr 2014
Abstract
This paper presents preliminary data on a series of building comfort experiments conducted in the field. We performed physical in-situ measurements and solicited responses from university students in six different classrooms at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst during three seasons (fall, winter and spring). Our questions focused on the students’ perception of comfort in varied environmental (temperature and humidity, and air speed) conditions. We collected records of the students’ academic performance in the classes, correlating their comfort perceptions to their test scores. Statistical analysis of classroom environmental variables, thermal satisfaction, and student scores suggest that by enhancing thermal comfort, we can improve academic performance.
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- Title
- Cold comfort: thermal satisfaction in academia
- Creators
- Simi T Hoque - Drexel University, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental EngineeringBenjamin Weil - University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Publication Details
- Proceedings, Windsor Conference 2014, Counting the Cost of Comfort in a Changing World
- Conference
- 8th Windsor Conference, 8th (Windsor, United Kingdom, 10 Apr 2014 - 13 Apr 2014)
- Publisher
- NCEUB
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Identifiers
- 991021884588904721