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dc.contributor.authorKorsavi, Sepideh Sadat
dc.contributor.authorMontazami, A
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-09T07:13:22Z
dc.date.available2021-10-09T07:13:22Z
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.identifier.issn0378-7788
dc.identifier.issn1872-6178
dc.identifier.other109857
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/18019
dc.description.abstract

This paper aims to study children's thermal comfort and related Adaptive Behaviours in UK primary schools. The study was carried out in 32 naturally-ventilated classrooms during Non-Heating (NH) and Heating (H) seasons. Alongside collecting environmental data, a self-reported questionnaire and an observation form were employed to record children's thermal comfort and adaptive behaviours. From eight primary schools, 805 children aged 9–11 were surveyed and 1390 questionnaires were collected. Children's Thermal Sensation Votes (TSVs), Thermal Preference Votes (TPVs) and adaptive behaviours were compared against temperature offset from comfort temperature by EN 15251 (Tdiff=Top-TC(CEN)). Results suggest that children's thermal comfort (TC(children)) is 1.9 K and 2.8 K lower than that for adults (TC(CEN)) during non-heating and heating seasons, respectively. Children have lower comfort temperature and higher sensitivity to temperature changes during heating seasons. This can be attributed to children's lower practice of personal behaviours and more consistent indoor conditions during heating seasons. The proportion of children engaged with personal behaviours is one-third lower during heating seasons. As indoor temperature goes above children's thermal comfort band, the proportion of children practising personal behaviours increases during non-heating seasons. Around 80% of window operation is carried out by teachers who have a higher comfort temperature than children.

dc.format.extent109857-109857
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectComfort temperature
dc.subjectPersonal behaviours
dc.subjectEnvironmental behaviours
dc.subjectPrimary Schools
dc.subjectNon-heating and Heating seasons
dc.titleChildren's thermal comfort and adaptive behaviours; UK primary schools during non-heating and heating seasons
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
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plymouth.volume214
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalEnergy and Buildings
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109857
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business/School of Art, Design and Architecture
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plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role/Academics
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-02-12
dc.rights.embargodate9999-12-31
dc.identifier.eissn1872-6178
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109857
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