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Indoor Environmental Quality in Classrooms: Case Studies

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This chapter presents the results of the in-situ evaluation of the hygrothermal performance of classrooms of 9 Portuguese school buildings (2 non-retrofitted and 7 recently retrofitted). Temperature, relative humidity and carbon dioxide concentration were monitored in continuum for at least 1 week in each classroom. Results are analysed and discussed.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Campus Politécnico de Repeses, Viseu, Portugal

    Ricardo M. S. F. Almeida

  2. Building Physics Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Vasco Peixoto de Freitas & João M. P. Q. Delgado

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Almeida, R.M.S.F., de Freitas, V.P., Delgado, J.M.P.Q. (2015). Indoor Environmental Quality in Classrooms: Case Studies. In: School Buildings Rehabilitation. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15359-9_4

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