Journal article
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMFORT PERCEPTIONS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN UNIVERSITY CLASSROOM BUILDINGS
Journal of green building, v 11(1), pp 108-117
01 Dec 2016
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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 409 (184 female; 225 male) university students in six different classrooms at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst during three seasons (fall, winter and spring). Our questions focused on student perception of comfort in varied environmental (temperature and humidity, and air speed) conditions. We collected records of student 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
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMFORT PERCEPTIONS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN UNIVERSITY CLASSROOM BUILDINGS
- Creators
- Simi Hoque - Univ Massachusetts, Dept Environm Conservat, Amherst, MA 01003 USABen Weil - Univ Massachusetts, Dept Environm Conservat, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
- Publication Details
- Journal of green building, v 11(1), pp 108-117
- Publisher
- College Publishing
- Number of pages
- 10
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000384889900006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84968677423
- Other Identifier
- 991020531838204721
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