This paper presents the preliminary results of an effort to develop a simplified simulation-based tool for designing K-5 high performance schools in hot and humid climates. As a first step of the research, a survey to define the dominant school building shape was conducted in an independent school district in Central Texas. This survey used satellite views of the K-5 schools, where each school ...

The study aims to put forward that full day school which was delivered in Marsudirini Elementary School in Bogor is effective for students’ character building. The study focused on the implementation of full day school system. The qualitative-based research method applied in the study is characteristic evaluation involving non-participant observation, interview, and documentation analysis. The ...

Building design and grounds might contribute to physical activity, and youth spend much of their daylight hours at school. We examined the associations among school building footprints, the size of school grounds, and in-school physical activity of 1566 sixth-grade girls from medium to large middle schools enrolled in the Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG). The school building footpr...

1 Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N. Broadway, Edward D. Miller Research Building, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; E-Mails: [email protected] (J.M.S.); [email protected] (J.E.C.) 2 Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 N. Broadway, Edward D. Miller Research Building, Baltimore, MD 21205, U...

OBJECTIVE To examine the role of fungi in the production of sick building syndrome. METHODS A 22 month study in the United States of 48 schools (in which there had been concerns about health and indoor air quality (IAQ). Building indoor air and surface samples, as well as outdoor air samples were taken at all sites to look for the presence of fungi or their viable propagules. RESULTS Five f...

modeling of relationship between ventilation rate of buildings and sick building syndrome symptoms hosseinpoor s , gholamiborujeni f *, mohammadian y received: 22 aug, 2013 accepted: 23 oct , 2013 abstract background & aims: indoor air pollution with microbilal, chemical and physical pollutants lead to sick building syndrome (sbs). suitable ventilation of buildings, is one of the best methods t...