Classroom Indoor Environment Assessment through Architectural Analysis for the Design of Efficient Schools

Vicente López-Chao, Antonio Amado Lorenzo, Jose Luis Saorín, Jorge De La Torre-Cantero and Dámari Melián-Díaz
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Vicente López-Chao: Department of Architectural Graphics, Universidad de A Coruña, A Coruña 15008, Spain
Antonio Amado Lorenzo: Department of Architectural Graphics, Universidad de A Coruña, A Coruña 15008, Spain
Jose Luis Saorín: Department of Techniques and Projects in Engineering and Architecture, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna 38204, Spain
Jorge De La Torre-Cantero: Department of Techniques and Projects in Engineering and Architecture, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna 38204, Spain
Dámari Melián-Díaz: Department of Techniques and Projects in Engineering and Architecture, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna 38204, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-12

Abstract: Optimization of environmental performance is one of the standards to be achieved towards designing sustainable buildings. Many researchers are focusing on zero emission building; however, it is essential that the indoor environment favors the performance of the building purpose. Empirical research has demonstrated the influence of architectural space variables on student performance, but they have not focused on holistic studies that compare how space influences different academic performance, such as Mathematics and Arts. This manuscript explores, under self-reported data, the relationship between learning space and the mathematics and art performance in 583 primary school students in Galicia (Spain). For this, the Indoor Physical Environment Perception scale has been adapted and validated and conducted in 27 classrooms. The results of the Exploratory Factor Analysis have evidenced that the learning space is structured in three categories: Workspace comfort, natural environment and building comfort. Multiple linear regression analyses have supported previous research and bring new findings concerning that the indoor environment variables do not influence in the same way different activities of school architecture.

Keywords: acoustics; environmental quality; learning space; occupant comfort; sustainable architecture; sustainable building; visual comfort; thermal comfort; ventilation comfort (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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