Natural ventilation assessment in educational buildings, marin country day school-new building, corte madera, ca

Abstract EN

Education is one of the major sectors of national development.

People devote their time in
educational buildings which must be constructed to shelter inhabitants against any
unfavorable outside conditions and to offer them a healthy, comfortable and sustainable
environment.

Learning and Studying is a very concentrated and complex procedure which
requires a lot of mental work.

Thus, it requires an area with a good quality of air flow and
natural ventilation to thermally satisfy inhabitants which can possibly increase their
productivity.

Currently, many educational buildings have some problems with poor natural
ventilation and indoor air quality.

When it comes to design of educational buildings architects
most commonly rely on fulfilling the functional requirements.

However, for a sustainable
educational environment, natural ventilation design measures must be taken into account.

A
healthy and comfortable indoor condition heavily depend on the design and operation of the
natural ventilation system which comply on actual standards.

Therefore, this paper will
analyze natural ventilation design measures in Mediterranean climatic region which have an
impact on airflow on a private educational building in Corte Madera, California.