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How to improve the perceived health, comfort, and well-being of primary school teachers? A quantitative self-reported survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2024)
Journal Article
Bain-Reguis, N., Smith, A., Hollins-Martin, C., & Currie, J. (2024). How to improve the perceived health, comfort, and well-being of primary school teachers? A quantitative self-reported survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland. Science of the Total Environment, 957, Article 177808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177808

Teachers are among the most stressed professionals, for whom the built environment has an influence. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the pressure on schools, where enhanced ventilation is deemed essential to help reduce virus-laden p... Read More about How to improve the perceived health, comfort, and well-being of primary school teachers? A quantitative self-reported survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.

An international review of building standards and guidelines on thermal comfort and ventilation for school buildings (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bain-Reguis, N., & Smith, A. (2024, September). An international review of building standards and guidelines on thermal comfort and ventilation for school buildings. Presented at TWR2024, Edinburgh

This paper reviews and discusses thermal comfort and ventilation standards and guidelines in educational buildings in selected countries around the World, alongside the guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO), the American Society of Heat... Read More about An international review of building standards and guidelines on thermal comfort and ventilation for school buildings.

Indoor CO2 and Thermal Conditions in Twenty Scottish Primary School Classrooms with Different Ventilation Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Bain-Reguis, N., Smith, A., Hollins-Martin, C., & Currie, J. (2022). Indoor CO2 and Thermal Conditions in Twenty Scottish Primary School Classrooms with Different Ventilation Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pollutants, 2(2), 180-204. https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants2020014

Healthy indoor environments influence the comfort, health and wellbeing of the occupants. Monitoring the indoor temperature, relative humidity and CO2 levels in primary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic was mandated by a local authority in Scotlan... Read More about Indoor CO2 and Thermal Conditions in Twenty Scottish Primary School Classrooms with Different Ventilation Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic.