Natural Ventilation Assessment in Educational Buildings , Marin Country Day School- New Building, Corte Madera, Ca

Abstract

Education is one of the major sectors of national development. People devote their time in educational buildings which must be constructed to shelter inhabitants against any unfavorable outside conditions and to offer them a healthy, comfortable and sustainable environment. Learning and Studying is a very concentrated and complex procedure which requires a lot of mental work. Thus, it requires an area with a good quality of air flow and natural ventilation to thermally satisfy inhabitants which can possibly increase their productivity. Currently, many educational buildings have some problems with poor natural ventilation and indoor air quality. When it comes to design of educational buildings architects most commonly rely on fulfilling the functional requirements. However, for a sustainable educational environment, natural ventilation design measures must be taken into account. A healthy and comfortable indoor condition heavily depend on the design and operation of the natural ventilation system which comply on actual standards. Therefore, this paper will analyze natural ventilation design measures in Mediterranean climatic region which have an impact on airflow on a private educational building in Corte Madera, California .