Open AccessThermal comfort study for classroom in urban and rural schools in Selangor
Author(s) -
Ain Naadia Mazlan,
Syazwan Saad,
Khairulzan Yahya,
Zaiton Haron,
Dayang Zulaika Abang Hasbollah,
Erwan Hafizi Kasiman,
Noorlizawati Abd Rahim,
Ai Muhamed Salehudddin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/849/1/012016
Subject(s) - thermal comfort , likert scale , data logger , psychology , field survey , post occupancy evaluation , class (philosophy) , data collection , mathematics education , scale (ratio) , rating scale , medical education , applied psychology , architectural engineering , engineering , computer science , geography , civil engineering , meteorology , mathematics , medicine , statistics , cartography , developmental psychology , artificial intelligence , operating system
Optimum comfort factors help in enhancing effective learning process in a classroom. The aim of this research is to study thermal comfort in school classroom for a more desirable learning process. Four schools consist of urban and rural schools in Selangor were selected for this study. Field measurement and questionnaires was used to measure the level of comfort and satisfaction of school teacher and student in classroom. Data was collected using Temperature data-loggers (SD500 Humidity/Temperature Data logger). The questionnaire was analysed based on Likert’s scale rating. Result from both on-field measurement and questionnaire survey suggests that thermal comfort have greater importance to focus. All the schools tested higher temperature than the recommended value. This study also outlines several improvement suggestions actions for better comfort level such as better air ventilation system and smaller class size