Assessment of perceived indoor air quality in the classrooms of Slovenian primary schools and its association with indoor air quality factors, for the design of public health interventions

Galičič, An (avtor), Rožanec, Jan (avtor), Kukec, Andreja (avtor), Medved, Sašo (avtor), Eržen, Ivan (avtor)

From a public health perspective, it is necessary to improve indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools. This study aims to assess the state of perceived IAQ in Slovenian school classrooms and its association with the selected IAQ factors to improve the understanding of perceived IAQ for designing public health interventions aimed to improve IAQ in schools. A national cross-sectional study was performed in all 454 Slovenian primary schools in the school year 2019/2020. The questionnaires were filled out by the 3rd-grade teachers with the support of the caretakers. Teachers rated the IAQ in the classroom as the worst in winter. We found that the teachers’ perceived IAQ in the classroom is statistically significantly associated with the micro location of the school and some of the IAQ factors. Poor IAQ is associated with reduced manual airing of classrooms due to the thermal comfort of the occupants. Interventions should be aimed at improving occupants’ adaptive behaviors to increase the frequency of natural ventilation in classrooms.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: primary schools, perceived indoor air quality, indoor air quality factors, outdoor air quality factors, questionnaire, cross-sectional study
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FS - Fakulteta za strojništvo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: 11 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 15, iss. 8, art. 995
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-167880
• UDK: 614
• ISSN pri članku: 2073-4433
• DOI: 10.3390/atmos15080995
• COBISS.SI-ID: 205631235
• Datum objave v RUL: 19.03.2025

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Atmosphere
• Skrajšan naslov: Atmosphere
• Založnik: MDPI AG
• ISSN: 2073-4433
• COBISS.SI-ID: 522992153

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: osnovne šole, kakovost zraka

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P3-0429
• Naslov: Slovenski raziskovalni program za celostno obravnavo raka SLORApro

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: V3-1904
• Naslov: Razvoj modela za napovedovanje izpostavljenosti onesnaževalom v notranjem zraku v šolah in priprava z dokazi podprtih ukrepov za načrtovanje učinkovitega naravnega prezračevanja učilnic