Indoor Thermal Comfort and Adaptive Thermal Behaviors of Students in Primary Schools Located in the Humid Subtropical Climate of India

Lala, Betty; Murtyas, Solli; Hagishima, Aya

doi:10.3390/su14127072

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“…This behavior may be related to seasonal adaptation to high ambient temperatures. Other thermal comfort surveys have noted similar occupant behavior [35][36][37].…”

Section: Clothing Variablementioning

confidence: 68%

An Investigation of Thermal Comfort in Classrooms in the Tropical Savanna Climate

Mustapha

Hassan²,

Nasir³

et al. 2022

ARASET

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Studying the thermal environment in classrooms is essential due to its impact on students' health, teaching, learning, and productivity. In the Nigerian context, there is a general lack of thermal comfort studies, and none specifically relate to secondary school settings. This study aims to investigate students' perceptions of the indoor thermal environment and to determine the optimum temperature in naturally ventilated classrooms in the tropical savanna climate. Field investigations were conducted in free-running classrooms in Abuja to evaluate occupants' thermal comfort and perceptions. The study involves 901 pupils from 21 classrooms. Data were obtained through physical measurements of thermal comfort variables and a questionnaire survey on occupants' perceptions of the indoor thermal environment. The objective assessment indicated that 86% of the classrooms were inconsistent with the ASHRAE standard–55. Although 60% of the pupils were satisfied with their thermal environment, 78% preferred a cooler than neutral temperature. The result revealed a comfort temperature of 28.9 oC. The results extend the literature on thermal comfort in classrooms to the tropical savannah climate of the west African sub-region, which has received little attention in earlier research. The findings provide foundation data for developing a comfort standard for classrooms in the zone.

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“…This behavior may be related to seasonal adaptation to high ambient temperatures. Other thermal comfort surveys have noted similar occupant behavior [35][36][37].…”

Section: Clothing Variablementioning

confidence: 68%

An Investigation of Thermal Comfort in Classrooms in the Tropical Savanna Climate

Mustapha

Hassan²,

Nasir³

et al. 2022

ARASET

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“…In line with Wargocki, Salazar, and Espinoza (2019) the performance of students decrease if the temperature in the class reach 30°C and increase in temperature between 20°C and 22°C (Wargocki, Porras-Salazar and Contreras-Espinoza, 2019). In that case, Lala and Hagishima (2023) also figure out that hot weather adversely impairs students' development, well-being, and learning outcomes (Lala and Hagishima, 2023). When the room is hot, the students are hard to concentrate on their study and it also decreases their mood on doing the activity in the class.…”

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confidence: 92%

Teachers’ Strategies and Challenges to Promote Students’ Active English Learning in SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Palu

Chairiyah,

Usman,

Kamaruddin

2024

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Student engagement has an important aspect in achieving excellent learning outcomes for learners and further improving their abilities. So teachers must have strategies to encourage student involvement. The aim of this research was to investigate the strategies the teachers use in activating students active learning in teaching and learning process and the challenges the teachers face in promoting students active learning. The researcher used qualitative research. The place of the research was in SMKS Muhammdiyah 1 Palu that located in Letjend Seoprapto. The Subject of the research were all English teachers at SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Palu that consist of four teachers. The data collection techniques that wil be used are: In depth Interview, Observation, and Documentation. The data will be analyzed in 3 steps, are Data reduction, data display, and conclusion. After conducting a research in SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Palu, it is found that in stimulating students’ active English learning, the teachers use six strategies; Questionning & discussion, visual based instruction, rolep lay, game, project based learning, and discovery based learning.From those six strategies the teachers used in the previous explanation, there are four strategies that are used dominantly; questioning & discussion, visual based instruction, project based learning, and discovery based learning.researcher proposes that future researchers interested in the same issue might do in-depth research on teacher ways to encourage students' active learning in English. For instance, the specific strategy that can stimulate the specific skill.

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“…Thermal comfort is also influenced by personal factors such as age, where children in primary schools have been reported to adapt with very high and low thermal condition in summer and winter (Lala et al, 2022). Nonetheless, the students only manage to adapt with high thermal environment after adjusting factors such as fan speed in summer and wearing very thick clothes in winter.…”

Section: Thermal Comfortmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining Thermal Comfort Levels and Physical Performance in Malaysian Settings: A Simulation Chamber Experiment

Mohammad Nizam,

Rasdan Ismail

2023

JBLM

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Thermal comfort refers to a situation where human feels satisfied with the environment's temperature. There is no absolute thermal comfort level that applies to all human, since it is a subjective situation that differ from one person to another. This study's objective is to identify Malaysian thermal comfort level and physical performances under simulation chamber experiment settings. Three young and healthy males with no medical issues were chosen as study respondents. There were four settings in this study; (i) 25°C with 70 RH, (ii) 34°C with 92% RH, (iii) 34°C with 74% RH and (v) 38°C with 83% RH . Respondents were required to imitate construction workers lifting task under the four environment settings. This study findings show a noticeable association between an increase in temperature towards heart rate level. As the temperature rises up, respondents mean and peak HR level also rises. Significant mean and peak HR were identified at 38°C for all respondents. In addition, respondents become fatigue and sluggish much faster at 38°C compared to 25°C and 34°C. The most notable decline in physical abilities was identified for Respondent A under 38°C setting. One possible reason for this situation is that respondent A Body Mass Index (BMI) is much higher than the two other respondents.

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Indoor Thermal Comfort and Adaptive Thermal Behaviors of Students in Primary Schools Located in the Humid Subtropical Climate of India

Cited by 11 publications

References 42 publications

An Investigation of Thermal Comfort in Classrooms in the Tropical Savanna Climate

An Investigation of Thermal Comfort in Classrooms in the Tropical Savanna Climate

Teachers’ Strategies and Challenges to Promote Students’ Active English Learning in SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Palu

Examining Thermal Comfort Levels and Physical Performance in Malaysian Settings: A Simulation Chamber Experiment

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