Field study of indoor air quality and overheating in newly built primary classrooms in low carbon UK schools

Siddig Omer; Sara Mohamed; Lucelia Rodrigues; John Kaiser Calautit

doi:https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2976097

Field study of indoor air quality and overheating in newly built primary classrooms in low carbon UK schools

Siddig Omer
, Sara Mohamed
, Lucelia Rodrigues
, John Kaiser Calautit

Architecture

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Abstract

School buildings confront complex design and layout
problems due to needing to respond to a wide range of
environmental factors while accommodating
intermittent high-density occupancy. Despite current
policy-driven emphases on improving building energy
efficiency, focusing exclusively on energy issues fails to
capture the full effect buildings have on their
occupants and the environment. This paper
investigates recently constructed low-carbon schools
in the UK, examining indoor environmental quality and
assessing overheating assessment against established
standards. The findings reveal that carbon dioxide
concentrations exceeded the maximum threshold
(1,000 ppm) for more than 60% of school hours during
both heating and non-heating seasons and that
particulate matter levels exceeded 20 g/m3 during the
heating season and 10 g/m3 during the non-heating
season, indicating annual individual exposure above
recommended health guidelines. Furthermore, the
classrooms monitored experienced overheating for
more than 40% of the school day

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 17th International Healthy Buildings Conference
Pages	404-414
Number of pages	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2976097
Publication status	Published - 23 Jun 2021
Event	17th International Healthy Buildings Conference - Oslo, Norway Duration: 21 Jun 2021 → 23 Jun 2021

Conference

Conference	17th International Healthy Buildings Conference
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Oslo
Period	21/06/21 → 23/06/21

Keywords

indoor environmental quality
overheating
carbon dioxide

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Omer, S, Mohamed, S, Rodrigues, L & Calautit, JK 2021, Field study of indoor air quality and overheating in newly built primary classrooms in low carbon UK schools. in Proceedings of the 17th International Healthy Buildings Conference. pp. 404-414, 17th International Healthy Buildings Conference, Oslo, Norway, 21/06/21. https://doi.org/https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2976097

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Field study of indoor air quality and overheating in newly built primary classrooms in low carbon UK schools

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