Determining the diurnal variation in comfort temperature in school buildings in the warm and humid climate
International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
ISSN: 2398-4708
Article publication date: 16 December 2020
Issue publication date: 2 November 2021
Abstract
Purpose
The paper aims to determine the thermal comfort perception of schoolchildren from a warm and humid environment. There is a concern about the effect of high temperature on the health and academic performance of schoolchildren.
Design/methodology/approach
Objective and subjective methodological approaches were adopted to collect data during the fieldwork in the selected primary schools. ASHRAE adaptive comfort model was adopted to analyze the data.
Findings
The paper provided empirical results about the comfort requirements of schoolchildren from the warm and humid environment. During the occupied school time, the studied schoolchildren were found to tolerate temperatures higher than the upper limit temperature recommended by ASHRAE Standard 55. The paper recommends that the studied children may not need any active ventilator to be thermally comfortable during the occupied school hours
Originality/value
The paper found the range of temperatures that schoolchildren from the warm and humid environment can adapt to. The information may be useful to architects, engineers and facility managers
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Acknowledgements
Thanks go to the Federal Government of Nigeria who awarded TETFUND scholarship to conduct research work at the University of Salford, UK. The authors would like to thank the participants who contributed to the field survey.
Citation
Munonye, C. (2021), "Determining the diurnal variation in comfort temperature in school buildings in the warm and humid climate", International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, Vol. 39 No. 5, pp. 766-781. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-07-2020-0056
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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