Effects on the Indoor Environment in a Stable for Horses in Winter: A Case Study

Pavel Kic (), Marie Wohlmuthová and Lucie Starostová
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Pavel Kic: Department of Technological Equipment of Buildings, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 16521 Prague, Czech Republic
Marie Wohlmuthová: Department of Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 16521 Prague, Czech Republic
Lucie Starostová: Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 16521 Prague, Czech Republic

Agriculture, 2024, vol. 14, issue 8, 1-27

Abstract: The aim of this article is to show the most significant factors influencing the indoor environment in winter considering the operating conditions of an older stable modified for housing 12 horses and an indoor riding arena for teaching and sports purposes. This research focused on assessing the influences affecting the internal environment from the point of view of the construction of the building and ventilation control in the operating conditions of working and non-working days. The analysis of the results showed that the massive masonry structure has sufficient thermal insulation and accumulation, which was manifested by good temperature stability inside the stable of 7.2 ± 1.7 °C when the outside air temperature was −4.80 ± 1.5 °C. At low outdoor air temperatures of −6.44 ± 0.4 °C, the following conditions were found: a higher relative air humidity (76.0 ± 5.3%), a high CO 2 concentration 2317.1 ± 931.7 ppm, and a high airborne dust concentration PM 10 = 231.94 ± 19.13 μg·m −3 and PM 2.5 = 160.13 ± 6.28 μg·m −3 . Therefore, it is necessary to improve the solution and function of the stable ventilation. The small size of the windows and their uneven distribution (average daylight factor e i from 0.313 ± 0.154 to 0.835 ± 0.309) caused insufficient daylight in some individual boxes.

Keywords: air temperature; airborne dust; light; noise; relative humidity; riding arena (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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