Problems with microclimate in classrooms — results of measurements and proposed solution

Michał Michalik; Grzegorz Mizera; Adrianna Podbielska-Kubera; Henryk Kowalski; Adam Cenian

doi:10.24426/eco-energetics.v4i0.243

Michał Michalik Centrum Medyczne MML w Warszawie http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8802-1708
Grzegorz Mizera The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, PASci
Adrianna Podbielska-Kubera Centrum Medyczne MML w Warszawie http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6902-3345
Henryk Kowalski The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, PASci
Adam Cenian The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, PASci http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9441-7741

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24426/eco-energetics.v4i0.243

Abstrakt

The paper deals with the issue of air quality in classrooms and its possible influence on educational performance and health, especially related to allergy problems and respiratory diseases. It is discussed how climate change and the smog resulting from increased automobile traffic (NO_x, SO₂, dust, etc.) can exacerbate factors like allergens, tobacco smoke, etc., causing airway inflammation. Therefore, the subject of air quality should be placed high on the list of problems to be considered at the planning stage of thermomodernization of existing school buildings. The distributed ventilation systems incorporating efficient filtering should be given priority in those regions with high smog levels and elsewhere during times of pandemic.

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