Indoor air quality and health in schools: A critical review for develo** the roadmap for the future school environment

S Sadrizadeh, R Yao, F Yuan, H Awbi… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several research studies have ranked indoor pollution among the top environmental risks to
public health in recent years. Good indoor air quality is an essential component of a healthy …

Impact of PM2. 5 in indoor urban environments: A review

NR Martins, GC Da Graca - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2018 - Elsevier
Airborne fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is a pollutant that is found in all urban
environments. PM2. 5 is predominantly generated by traffic and domestic fuel combustion …

Natural ventilation in classrooms for healthy schools in the COVID era in Mediterranean climate

M Gil-Baez, J Lizana, JAB Villanueva… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Indoor air quality in schools has a direct impact on the performance and wellbeing of
students. In 2020, the health emergency required the reconsideration of ventilation …

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on indoor air quality and thermal comfort of primary schools in winter in a Mediterranean climate

A Alonso, J Llanos, R Escandón, JJ Sendra - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Research studies have shown the potential effects of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) on
pupils' health and academic performance. The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted renewed …

CO2 tracer gas concentration decay method for measuring air change rate

S Cui, M Cohen, P Stabat, D Marchio - Building and environment, 2015 - Elsevier
The measure of air change rate (ACR) in building is a difficult and usually expensive task.
The tracer gas method is the reference technique but its implementation is difficult and the …

Children's well-being at schools: Impact of climatic conditions and air pollution

T Salthammer, E Uhde, T Schripp, A Schieweck… - Environment …, 2016 - Elsevier
Human civilization is currently facing two particular challenges: population growth with a
strong trend towards urbanization and climate change. The latter is now no longer seriously …

Indoor air quality (IAQ) in naturally-ventilated primary schools in the UK: Occupant-related factors

SS Korsavi, A Montazami, D Mumovic - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is affected by Context, Occupant and Building (COB) related
factors. This paper evaluates IAQ as a function of occupant-related factors including …

On the potential of demand-controlled ventilation system to enhance indoor air quality and thermal condition in Australian school classrooms

S Haddad, A Synnefa, MÁP Marcos, R Paolini… - Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Indoor thermal comfort and air quality in school classrooms are of interest worldwide,
primarily because of their potential impacts on students' health, learning performance and …

A critical review on occupant behaviour modelling for building performance simulation of naturally ventilated school buildings and potential changes due to the COVID …

PB Franceschini, LO Neves - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Occupant behaviour (OB) is one of the main causes of the energy performance gap between
buildings' performance prediction versus reality, since, due to its uncertainty and …

A holistic approach for the assessment of the indoor environmental quality, student productivity, and energy consumption in primary schools

PV Dorizas, MN Assimakopoulos… - Environmental monitoring …, 2015 - Springer
The perception of the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) through questionnaires in
conjunction with in-field measurements related to the indoor air quality (IAQ), the thermal …