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Thermal comfort in different classroom types in higher educational buildings (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jowkar, M., Rijal, H. B., & Brusey, J. (2019, April). Thermal comfort in different classroom types in higher educational buildings. Presented at Comfort At The Extremes (CATE) Conference, 2019, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Thermal comfort in learning environments influences the students’ attention, concentration and learning productivity. Due to the impact of the thermal environment on students’ thermal comfort and consequently their productivity in line with the impac... Read More about Thermal comfort in different classroom types in higher educational buildings.

The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales (2019)
Journal Article
Schweiker, M., Abdul-Zahra, A., André, M., Al-Atrash, F., Al-Khatri, H., Alprianti, R. R., Alsaad, H., Amin, R., Ampatzi, E., Arsano, A. Y., Azadeh, M., Azar, E., Bahareh, B., Batagarawa, A., Becker, S., Buonocore, C., Cao, B., Choi, J.-H., Chun, C., Daanen, H., …Zomorodian, Z. S. (2019). The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales. Scientific Data, 6(1), Article 289. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0272-6

Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants’ interactions with components of the built environment such as adjustments of thermostats and/or opening windows and strongly related to the energy use in buildings. Understanding causes fo... Read More about The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales.

Thermal Comfort in the UK Higher Educational Buildings: The Influence of Thermal History on Students (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jowkar, M., & Montazami, A. (2019, April). Thermal Comfort in the UK Higher Educational Buildings: The Influence of Thermal History on Students. Presented at Windsor Conference: Rethinking Thermal Comfort, Windsor, United Kingdom

Statistics regarding the number of international students in the UK higher educational buildings show an upward trend in the recent years. These students coming from different cultural and climatic backgrounds have various thermal perceptions inside... Read More about Thermal Comfort in the UK Higher Educational Buildings: The Influence of Thermal History on Students.

Investigation the impact of students background on their thermal perception at higher education building (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jowkar, M., Montazami, A., & Lunn, C. (2017, July). Investigation the impact of students background on their thermal perception at higher education building. Presented at PLEA Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The quality of educational buildings can considerably affect teaching and learning processes. Literature shows that there is a significant relationship between students’ thermal perception and their performance. The UK higher education buildings host... Read More about Investigation the impact of students background on their thermal perception at higher education building.