Self-reported health and comfort of school children in 54 classrooms of 21 Dutch school buildings

Bluyssen, Philomena M.; Zhang, Dadi; Kurvers, Stanley; Overtoom, Marjolein; Sanchez, Marco Ortiz

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.04.032

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“…This study was part of a series of tests performed in the SenseLab, with children from the previous studied schools (Bluyssen, Zhang, et al 2018). From mid-February to the beginning of April in 2018, 335 children visited the SenseLab on 10 different days, located in the Science Centre (a technical and scientific museum at the premises of the TU Delft).…”

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“…In the Experience room, a classroom set-up was created with 16 tables and chairs for the children, two chairs for the workshop leaders and a smart board (see Figure 1). The table tops comprised of light wood laminate, the floor was covered with grey smooth flooring material and the ceiling comprised of white acoustical panels, as this combination was most common in the field study (Bluyssen, Zhang, et al 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…From the field studies performed, only few attempts have been made to perform a holistic analysis (e.g. Barett et al 2013;Bluyssen, Zhang et al et al 2018).…”

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“…In the field study (Bluyssen, Zhang, et al 2018) of 54 classrooms of 21 primary schools in the Netherlands, performed in the spring of 2017, 1145 children filled out a questionnaire about their comfort and health. Among the 1145 children studied (average 10 years old), 87% was bothered by noise (mainly produced by themselves), 63% by smells (mainly produced by themselves), 42% by sunlight when shining, 35% didn't like the temperature in the classroom (too cold or too warm), 34% experienced temperature changes and only 7% was bothered by draught.…”

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confidence: 99%

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First SenseLab studies with primary school children: exposure to different environmental configurations in the experience room

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To study the combined effect of different environmental factors on children in a classroom setting, 250 children from seven primary schools were exposed to 36 different environmental configurations ('all' and 'fewer' acoustical panels; 'displacement' and 'mixing' ventilation; sound type: 'children talk', 'traffic', and 'none'; and 'direct', 'indirect' and 'soft' lighting). In a four-way factorial design, they assessed with 18 groups on eight different days temperature, draught, noise, light and smell. Correlation, three-way ANOVA, comparison tests and multi-regression analysis were used to analyse relationships, and main, cross-modal and interaction effects. The results show that more acoustical panels had a positive effect on the children's assessment of sound. Sound type had a main effect on the assessment of sound. Statistical significant crossmodal effects were found for lighting and sound type on the assessment of smell. Significant three-way interactions between 'Vent', 'Sound', and 'Light' types were found for smell and light in the 'fewer panels' situations; and for light in the 'all panels' situations. Multipleregression analysis also showed that perception of smell was significantly related with draught, sound and light perception in 'fewer panels' conditions. Further studies on these cross-modal interactions are recommended, specifically at individual level.

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“…From the field studies performed, only few attempts have been made to perform a holistic analysis (e.g. Barett et al 2013;Bluyssen, Zhang et al et al 2018).…”

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“…Concrete and brick buildings of Estonia have an average ach of 0.24 [39]. A total of 87% of students get disturbed by noise, 63% by smells, and 42% by sunlight on sunny days; 35% are not happy with the indoor temperature of classrooms, and 34% experience temperature changes in Dutch school buildings [40].…”

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Heat and Air Flow Behavior of Naturally Ventilated Offices in a Mediterranean Climate

Alibaba¹

2018

Sustainability

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Air changes per hour (ach) rates for windows of different sizes and opened in different ratios were studied to establish natural ventilation concepts in offices with a Mediterranean climate. Dynamic thermal simulations were carried out in EDSL Tas for whole year investigations of an office. The office lost 0.01 W of heat during the winter but gained 0.01 W of heat during the summer. Annual average heat gain was 2.4 W. The heat gain via an external opaque wall was 138.9 W during the winter and 227.3 W during the summer, with an annual average of 190.7 W. The heat gain via an external glass surface was 128.9 W during the winter and 191 W during the summer, with an annual average of 161.5 W. The office had an average of 170.0 ach during the winter and an average of 144.7 ach during the summer, with an annual average of 157.4. The maximum annual ach performance was 480.4 ach when the external wall was fully glazed and the window was fully open, and the minimum annual ach performance was 9.8 when only 10% of the external wall was glass and 20% of the window area was open.

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Self-reported health and comfort of school children in 54 classrooms of 21 Dutch school buildings

Cited by 115 publications

References 39 publications

First SenseLab studies with primary school children: exposure to different environmental configurations in the experience room

First SenseLab studies with primary school children: exposure to different environmental configurations in the experience room

Heat and Air Flow Behavior of Naturally Ventilated Offices in a Mediterranean Climate

Sustainability in Australian Universities: The Road to 2050

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