The environmental design criteria for the university buildings in the Northern and Southern regions of the UK

Jowkar, cMina; Bahadur Rijal, Hom; Brusey, James; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka

Abstract

Considering the prevalence of the different climatic conditions in Northern and Midland regions of the UK, this study investigated the occupants’ thermal comfort requirements in two university campuses in Scotland and England, UK. The aim of this investigation is to develop a practical, energy-efficient, and thermally comfortable environmental guideline for university classrooms. Indoor environmental measurements were combined with a simultaneous subjective monitoring through a questionnaire survey and observation in two university buildings in Edinburgh (Scotland) and Coventry (England), UK. Field study conducted during academic year of 2017-18 on 3511 university students in the classrooms involved in sedentary activities. Results confirm the influence of students’ acclimatization to Scotland and England climates indicating warmer than neutral thermal sensation, cooler thermal preferences, and higher neutral temperatures in England compared to Scotland. In terms of thermal acceptability, an indirect approach (considering the central three thermal sensation votes) is a better predictor of the thermally acceptable zone compared to the direct evaluation approach (analysis of acceptability votes in the questionnaires).

Citation

Jowkar, C., Bahadur Rijal, H., Brusey, J., & Temeljotov Salaj, A. (2020, April). The environmental design criteria for the university buildings in the Northern and Southern regions of the UK. Presented at Windsor Conference 2020, Windsor, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: Windsor Conference 2020
• Start Date: Apr 16, 2020
• End Date: Apr 19, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Apr 11, 2020
• Publication Date: Apr 11, 2020
• Deposit Date: Sep 29, 2022
• Pages: 298-208
• Book Title: Windsor 2020: Resilient Comfort - Proceedings
• ISBN: 978-1-9161876-3-4
• Keywords: Thermal comfort, Higher learning environments, Thermal acceptability, Comfort temperature, Thermal satisfaction
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2926148
• Related Public URLs: https://windsorconference.com/proceedings/