academic work UCL 2013Thermal comfort, air quality, visual and aural comfort of a UCL Lecture Theatre(“Methods of Environmental Analysis” module)

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Brief: Assess the learning conditions of a UCL lecture theatre (LT18) through:• objectivemeasurementofTemperature,RelativeHumid-ityandLightIntensityduringafullteachingday,• studentquestionnaire-subjectiveperception. SuggestimprovementsforthespaceandtestusingTASAmbiensmodelling.

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