Positive effects of indoor environmental conditions on students and their performance in higher education classrooms: A between-groups experiment

Henk Willem Brink; Wim Krijnen; Marcel G.L.C. Loomans; Mark P. Mobach; Helianthe S.M. Kort

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161813

Positive effects of indoor environmental conditions on students and their performance in higher education classrooms: A between-groups experiment

Henk Willem Brink (First author), Wim Krijnen, Marcel G.L.C. Loomans, Mark P. Mobach, Helianthe S.M. Kort

Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of the Built Environment, Building Performance IEQ-Health,
University of Groningen, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Research Group Spatial Environment and the User, Faculty of Management and Organisation, The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Research Centre Sustainable and Healthy Living, Research Group Technology for Healthcare Innovations

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This study explores if multiple alterations of the classrooms' indoor environmental conditions, which lead to environmental conditions meeting quality class A of Dutch guidelines, result in a positive effect on students' perceptions and performance. A field study, with a between-group experimental design, was conducted during the academic course in 2020–2021. First, the reverberation time (RT) was lowered in the intervention condition to 0.4 s (control condition 0.6 s). Next, the horizontal illuminance (HI) level was raised in the intervention condition to 750 lx (control condition 500 lx). Finally, the indoor air quality (IAQ) in both conditions was improved by increasing the ventilation rate, resulting in a reduction of carbon dioxide concentrations, as a proxy for IAQ, from ~1100 to

Original language	English
Number of pages	13
Journal	Science of the Total Environment
Volume	869
Issue number	161813
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161813
Publication status	Published - 25 Apr 2023

Keywords

emotional status
health
horizontal illuminance
indoor air quality
quality of learning
reverberation time

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A systematic approach to quantify the influence of indoor environmental parameters on students' perceptions, responses, and short-term academic performance
Brink, H. W., Loomans, M. G. L. C., Mobach, M. P. & Kort, H. S. M., 1 Oct 2022, In: Indoor Air. 32, 10, p. e13116 19 p.
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Positive effects of indoor environmental conditions on students and their performance in higher education classrooms: A between-groups experiment. / Brink, Henk Willem (First author); Krijnen, Wim; Loomans, Marcel G.L.C. et al.
In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 869, No. 161813, 25.04.2023.

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