An Evaluation of Indoor Environmental Quality and Occupant Well-Being in Three Southern Rural Manitoba School Buildings
| dc.contributor.author | Radwan, Ahmed | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Polyzois, Dimos (Civil Engineering) Dick, Kris (Biosystems Engineering) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Issa, Mohamed (Civil Engineering) Mallory-Hill, Shauna (Interior Design) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-13T22:30:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-01-13T22:30:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-01-13 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Civil Engineering | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | There is little empirical evidence in the literature to support industry claims about how green schools tend to have better indoor environmental quality (IEQ) than conventional ones and how teachers in green schools tend to feel better about their schools’ IEQ than those in conventional ones. There is also little empirical evidence in the literature about the impact of improved IEQ in literature about the impact of improved IEQ in schools on teachers’ well-being and their levels of satisfaction with their indoor environments. This research is based on a collaborative partnership with the Government of Manitoba Public Schools Finance Board, and three different public school divisions in Manitoba. It aims to develop and validate a comprehensive methodology to evaluate schools’ IEQ, teachers’ well-being and satisfaction with it, and the relationship between these two aspects. The research evaluated these specific aspects within a sample of three rural schools in Southern Manitoba, Canada: one middle-aged, conventional school; one new, non-green school; and one new, green school certified using the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System. The methodology developed in this thesis employs three main data collection techniques: 1) field measurements using an existing mobile instrument cart to capture environmental indicators of thermal comfort, indoor air quality, lighting quality and acoustics quality in classrooms, 2) a field observation form to record the physical conditions of the evaluated classrooms, and 3) an occupant survey to evaluate teachers’ satisfaction with their classrooms’ IEQ. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | February 2015 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30221 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Indoor Environmental Quality | en_US |
| dc.subject | School Buildings | en_US |
| dc.subject | Green Buildings | en_US |
| dc.subject | Occupant Satisfaction | en_US |
| dc.title | An Evaluation of Indoor Environmental Quality and Occupant Well-Being in Three Southern Rural Manitoba School Buildings | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |