Overall indoor quality of a non-renewed secondary-school building. Issue 1 (March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Loreti, Lisa; Barbaresi, Luca; De Cesaris, Simona; Garai, Massimo
• Is Part Of: Building acoustics. Volume 23:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 47
• Page End: 58
• Publication Date: 2016-03
• Subjects: Educational building -- overall indoor quality -- acoustic characterization -- room acoustics -- building acoustics; Soundproofing -- Periodicals; Architectural acoustics -- Periodicals; Acoustical engineering -- Periodicals; Acoustical engineering; Architectural acoustics; Soundproofing; Periodicals; 693.834
• DOI: 10.1177/1351010X16637533
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1351-010X

Abstract

This work is the result of a field study about overall comfort aspects performed in a secondary-school building in the surroundings of Bologna during the winter season. The campaign aimed at describing overall comfort aspects of the school both from an objective and a subjective point of view, thus a questionnaire was administered to pupils during ongoing lessons to compare physical measurements and subjective responses. The monitored attributes and items concerned typical indoor quality aspects: acoustical, thermal, indoor air, and visual quality. As weak points emerged from the data analysis, possible solutions are illustrated, focusing on acoustics and optimizing effectiveness and cost.