Publication detail

Indoor Climate Performance in a Renovated School Building

MOCOVÁ, P. MOHELNÍKOVÁ, J.

Original Title

Indoor Climate Performance in a Renovated School Building

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Indoor climate comfort is important for school buildings. Nowadays, this is a topical problem, especially in renovated buildings. Poorly ventilated school classrooms create improper conditions for classrooms. A post-occupancy study was performed in a school building in temperate climatic conditions. The evaluation was based on the results of long-term monitoring of the natural ventilation strategy and measurements of the carbon dioxide concentration in the school classroom’s indoor environment. The monitoring was carried out in an old school building that was constructed in the 1970s and compared to testing carried out in the same school classroom after the building was renovated in 2016. Surprisingly, the renovated classroom had a significantly higher concentration of CO2. It was found that this was due to the regulation of the heating system and the new airtight windows. The occupants of the renovated classroom have a maintained thermal comfort, but natural ventilation is rather neglected. A controlled ventilation strategy and installation of heat recovery units are recommended to solve these problems with the classroom’s indoor environment. Microbiological testing of the surfaces in school classrooms also shows the importance of fresh air and solar radiation access for indoor comfort.

Keywords

building renovation; indoor environment; indoor climate comfort; indoor air; natural ventilation; CO2 concentration

Authors

MOCOVÁ, P.; MOHELNÍKOVÁ, J.

Released

14. 5. 2021

Publisher

MDPI

Location

Basel, Switzerland

ISBN

1996-1073

Periodical

ENERGIES

Year of study

14

Number

10

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

2827

Pages to

2842

Pages count

15

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/10/2827

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/200417

BibTex

@article{BUT171555,
  author="Pavla {Mocová} and Jitka {Mohelníková}",
  title="Indoor Climate Performance in a Renovated School Building",
  journal="ENERGIES",
  year="2021",
  volume="14",
  number="10",
  pages="2827--2842",
  doi="10.3390/en14102827",
  issn="1996-1073",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/10/2827"
}