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Post-occupancy evaluation of a historic primary school in Spain: Comparing PMV, TSV and PD for teachers' and pupils' thermal comfort
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Post-occupancy evaluation of a historic primary school in Spain: Comparing PMV, TSV and PD for teachers' and pupils' thermal comfort

Antonio Martinez-Molina, Paola Boarin, Isabel Tort-Ausina and José-Luis Vivancos
Building and environment, v 117, pp 248-259
15 May 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.03.010
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Abstract

Historic buildings Indoor environmental quality Post-Occupancy Evaluation School buildings Thermal comfort
With attention increasingly shifting toward adaptation and energy upgrade of existing and historic buildings, research on Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) has grown notably in recent years. School buildings are a significant asset to the European building stock and an important field of investigation because of the peculiarities of the end users and the impact of indoor environmental conditions on their health and productivity. Building on recent literature, particularly the method of Povl Ole Fanger, this research presents the results of a quantitative and qualitative study performed to assess the thermal comfort conditions of a primary school located in a historic building in Villar del Arzobispo, Spain. As the study involves six and seven-year-old pupils, appropriate questionnaires for subjective thermal comfort evaluation were defined with the pedagogical support of the teachers, who also took part in the research and helped deliver the surveys to the children. The Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) and Percentage of Dissatisfied (PD) were then calculated for the evaluation of thermal comfort from measurements and questionnaires, for both pupils and teachers, using the classroom as a sample size. The results show a difference between pupils' and teachers' subjective opinions, with the children displaying a higher and more-difficult-to-reach threshold for indoor thermal comfort. •A Post-Occupancy Evaluation of a primary school in a historic building is performed.•Quantitative monitoring and qualitative assessment are used.•Customized questionnaires for children are developed with the support of teachers.•Teachers' and pupils' thermal comfort in a sample of classrooms is assessed.

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