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Comparing Environmental Performance and Indoor Comfort of LEED(TM) certified and Conventional Schools in Houston, Texas

LEED(TM) for schools was introduced in response to research that showed the

influence of classroom environment on energy savings and students’ performance. There

is however a need to investigate the relationship between credits achieved by the

LEED(TM) for schools rating system and its impact on building performance. This study

quantifies and analyzes resource consumption and indoor comfort of two LEED(TM)

certified elementary schools in Houston, Texas by comparing them to their conventional

counterparts. Year-long metered data for 2015 was analyzed for resource consumption.

Indoor comfort was analyzed by recording visual and thermal comfort metrics for a north

and south oriented classroom in each school. Both LEED(TM) schools had greater energy

savings and better visual comfort as compared to the non-LEED schools. However, the

water consumption savings and thermal comfort varied by school. Also, the LEED(TM)

Gold School didn’t exhibit higher energy and water consumption savings than the

LEED(TM) Silver School. / 10000-01-01

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:uoregon.edu/oai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/20510
Date27 October 2016
CreatorsDhar, Tanvi
ContributorsElzeyadi, Ihab
PublisherUniversity of Oregon
Source SetsUniversity of Oregon
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
RightsAll Rights Reserved.

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