Several research studies have ranked indoor pollution among the top environmental risks to
public health in recent years. Good indoor air quality is an essential component of a healthy …

Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) plays an essential role within buildings, impacting health,
well-being and productivity, considering that individuals spend much of their daily lives …

The energy consumption for the artificial lighting in school buildings is one of the main
consumers of electricity. In Greece, there is a large number of school buildings with quite old …

It has been challenging for designers to identify the appropriate design parameters that
would reduce building energy consumption while achieving thermal comfort for building …

Abstract Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) is grouped into four main categories: thermal
comfort, indoor air quality (IAQ), visual and acoustic comfort. Individual aspects of IEQ are …

In the recent past, great attention has been posed on the assessment of the energy
performance and of the operating and maintenance costs of the building stock. Currently …

Abstract Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is affected by Context, Occupant and Building (COB) related
factors. This paper evaluates IAQ as a function of occupant-related factors including …

The existing stock of institutional buildings constructed before current thermal regulation
codes is known to be high-energy consuming. To make energy savings, retrofitting solutions …

Thermal comfort and air quality are important factors for indoor environment in school
buildings owing to the strong relationship with students' academic performance. However …

Despite new energy-efficient technologies in buildings, discrepancies between predicted
and actual energy use continue to occur, mainly due to the complexity and variability of …