| Keywords |
Incheon area's schools ; Building construction conditions ; Indoor air quality ; Relativity analysis ; Completion time of new construction and rebuilding |
| Abstract |
Students spend an average of 4 to 14 hours a day in classrooms. Therefore, their health is greatly affected by the air quality of classrooms. The quality of air in classrooms has been deteriorated in recent years due to diversification of construction materials, increased application of chemical substances, and the lack of ventilation systems incorporated in classrooms. As a result, students who spend great deal of their time in newly constructed classrooms suffer from “Sick School Syndrome”, a phenomenon similar to the “Sick House Syndrome”. This has a potential of becoming a serious health concern, especially among young students who have not fully developed strong immune systems. On top of this, there are only few studies conducted on the air quality of classrooms, not to mention the complete absence of study done on the correlations between the classroom air quality and the building construction conditions. Based on the aforementioned background, this study presents some primary data based on the survey of classroom construction conditions and the measurements taken on the air quality of classrooms. Relationships between the classroom designs, and the density of pollutants are also analyzed and are included in this study. To summarize, there is a direct correlation between architectural materials and the density of harmful chemicals present in classrooms. |