Study of the measured and perceived indoor air quality in Swedish school classrooms
Paper in proceeding, 2020

The influence of a classroom's indoor environment on children's health, performance and comfort is a concern that receives increasing attention. Many schools experience problems with inadequate indoor air quality and climate. Investigations of the indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools have been often non-systematic, which can lead to costly ad-hoc remediation actions. It is therefore important to develop a holistic approach to the assessment of IAQ in schools.

This paper presents a field study on the indoor air quality and thermal environment conditions of elementary schools in Gothenburg, Sweden. The focus of the paper is on the methodology to investigate the IAQ using both objective measurements and subjective assessment of the perceived IAQ. The indoor environmental measurements include indoor air quality and thermal comfort parameters for which guideline values exist. Finally, a questionnaire was developed to evaluate the perception of the classroom's thermal environment and air quality by young children.

The paper presents the study protocol and diagnostics approach for IAQ in classrooms. Examples of results from the first 10 investigated classrooms are presented.

Thermal comfort

Indoor air quality

buildings

school classrooms

Thermal environment

Author

Sarka Langer

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Services Engineering

Lars Ekberg

Building Services Engineering

CIT Energy management AB

Despoina Teli

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Services Engineering

Blanka Cabovska

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Services Engineering

Gabriel Beko

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Pawel Wargocki

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

17551307 (ISSN) 17551315 (eISSN)

Vol. 588 3 032070

World Sustainable Built Environment - Beyond 2020, WSBE 2020
Göteborg, Sweden,

Ways to Improving Indoor Environmental Quality in Swedish Schools

Formas (2017-01015), 2018-01-01 -- 2020-12-31.

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Energy

Subject Categories

Other Civil Engineering

Building Technologies

DOI

10.1088/1755-1315/588/3/032070

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