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dc.contributor.authorSu, Bin
dc.contributor.authorJadresin-Milic, Renata
dc.contributor.authorMcPherson, Peter
dc.contributor.authorWu, Lian
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-03T23:10:25Z
dc.date.available2022-10-03T23:10:25Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-10
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10652/5805
dc.description.abstractBased on field study data regarding the winter indoor thermal environment of three classrooms with different building envelopes, this study compared and evaluated these environments, not only related to students’ thermal comfort but also to their health. The inadequacy of the conventional New Zealand school building for maintaining a comfortable and healthy winter indoor thermal environment has been identified. A classroom with thermal mass had 31%, 34% and 9% more time than a classroom without thermal mass when indoor temperatures met 16 C 18 C and 20 C respectively and has 21.4% more time than the classroom without thermal mass when indoor relative humidity was in the optimal range of 40% to 60%, in a temperate climate with a mild and humid winter. Adding thermal mass to school building envelopes should be considered as a strategy to improve the winter indoor thermal environment in future school design and development. Adding thermal mass to a school building with sufficient insulation can not only increase winter indoor mean air temperature but can also reduce the fluctuation of indoor air temperatures. This can significantly reduce the incidence of very low indoor temperature and very high indoor relative humidity, and significantly improve the indoor thermal environmenten_NZ
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherMDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)en_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/10/5811en_NZ
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_NZ
dc.subjectschool building designen_NZ
dc.subjectbuilding envelopeen_NZ
dc.subjectthermal performanceen_NZ
dc.subjectoccupant healthen_NZ
dc.subjectinsulationen_NZ
dc.subjectindoor healthen_NZ
dc.subjectindoor thermal comforten_NZ
dc.titleThermal performance of school buildings: Impacts beyond thermal comforten_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
dc.date.updated2022-09-30T13:30:08Z
dc.rights.holder© 2022 by the authorsen_NZ
dc.identifier.doidoi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph19105811en_NZ
dc.subject.marsden330206 Building science, technologies and systemsen_NZ
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationSu, B., Jadresin Milic, R., McPherson, P., & Wu, L. (2022). Thermal Performance of School Buildings: Impacts beyond Thermal Comfort. International Journal of Environment Research and Public Health, 19, 5811. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph19105811en_NZ
unitec.publication.spage5811en_NZ
unitec.publication.volume19en_NZ
unitec.publication.titleInternational Journal of Environment Research and Public Healthen_NZ
unitec.peerreviewedyesen_NZ
unitec.identifier.roms68808en_NZ
unitec.identifier.roms70227
unitec.identifier.roms70282
unitec.publication.placeBasel, Switzerlanden_NZ
unitec.institution.studyareaConstruction + Engineeringen_NZ


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