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A New Post Occupancy Evaluation Tool for Assessing the Indoor Environment Quality of Learning Environments

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Evaluating Learning Environments

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It is suitable for the multidisciplinary groups involved in commissioning, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining and occupying school facilities. IEQ is an environmental issue concerned with the levels of lighting, thermal comfort, air quality and acoustics inside a space. In a school context, IEQ performance is important, as poor IEQ can trigger health and learning difficulties for students and adversely impact on the wellbeing of educators and their students.

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Soccio, P. (2016). A New Post Occupancy Evaluation Tool for Assessing the Indoor Environment Quality of Learning Environments. In: Imms, W., Cleveland, B., Fisher, K. (eds) Evaluating Learning Environments. Advances in Learning Environments Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-537-1_14

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