Investigating the impacts of shaded outdoor spaces on thermal adaptation and cognitive performance of university students in classroom environments

Simple item page
buir.contributor.orcidGündoğdu, Betül|0000-0002-0505-5241
buir.contributor.orcidNouri, A. Santos|0000-0001-8084-3339
dc.citation.epage1955en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber12
dc.citation.spage1941
dc.citation.volumeNumber67
dc.contributor.authorGündoğdu, Betül
dc.contributor.authorNouri, A. Santos
dc.contributor.authorAfacan, Yasemin
dc.contributor.authorMatzarakis, A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-20T14:00:19Z
dc.date.available2024-03-20T14:00:19Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.departmentDepartment of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
dc.description.abstractShading strategies are effective means to reduce urban risk factors such as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. The influence of shaded outdoor spaces on university students’ thermal adaptability and cognitive performance is limited researched. The study aims at evaluating the effect of shaded outdoor spaces upon thermal comfort; and, linking such results upon university students’ cognitive performance in a classroom environment with natural ventilation. A case study was conducted with students the ages of 19–22 at Bilkent University in Ankara, during the mid-season in October. The quantitative microclimatic conditions of the university campus’s unshaded/shaded areas and indoor studios were obtained through Physiologically Equivalent Temperature (PET) index. The qualitative evaluation was undertaken by the adaptive model and thermal comfort survey. D2 test of attention was conducted to measure cognitive performance of students. This study revealed that the shade may increase thermal adaptation with the lowest mean PET of 18.7°C, while the highest mean PET of 33.2°C was obtained in sun-exposed space. Also, experiencing shaded outdoor space contributed to an improvement in concentration performance (CP) of students resulting in the mean CP score of 182.8, while those with sun-exposed outdoor space experience had the mean CP score of 167.6 within studios.
dc.description.provenanceMade available in DSpace on 2024-03-20T14:00:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Investigating_the_impacts_of_shaded_outdoor_spaces_on_thermal_adaptation_and_cognitive_performance_of_university_students_in_classroom_environments.pdf: 1507285 bytes, checksum: 4437cf3a8032c1d2077b71a064f38dea (MD5) Previous issue date: 2023-12en
dc.embargo.release2024-12
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00484-023-02552-x
dc.identifier.eissn1432-1254
dc.identifier.issn0020-7128
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11693/115024
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-023-02552-x
dc.source.titleInternational Journal of Biometeorology
dc.subjectCognitive performance
dc.subjectIndoor-outdoor relationship
dc.subjectPET
dc.subjectShaded space
dc.subjectThermal adaptation
dc.titleInvestigating the impacts of shaded outdoor spaces on thermal adaptation and cognitive performance of university students in classroom environments
dc.typeArticle

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
Investigating_the_impacts_of_shaded_outdoor_spaces_on_thermal_adaptation_and_cognitive_performance_of_university_students_in_classroom_environments.pdf
Size:
1.44 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
2.01 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Scholarly Publications - Interior Architecture and Environmental Design