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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"building condition"”.
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Building condition monitoring
The building sector of the United States currently consumes over 40% of the United States primary energy supply. Estimates suggest that between 5 and 30% of any building's annual energy consumption is unknowingly wasted due to pathologically malfunctioning lighting and comfort conditioning systems. …
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Building condition and student achievement and behavior
This study examined the relationship between the condition of school facilities and student achievement and student behavior. The entire population of small, rural high schools in Virginia was used in this study. Building condition was determined by the Commonwealth Assessment of Physical …
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Building condition and student achievement and behavior
This study examined the relationship between the condition of school facilities, and student achievement and student behavior. Selected high schools in urban areas of Virginia were used in this study. Building condition was determined by the Commonwealth Assessment of Physical Environment which was …
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An Analytic Synthesis of Research Studies Dealing with the Relationship between School Building Condition and Student Academic Achievement
… a considerable amount of time within school buildings, one can hypothesize that the condition of the school building influences student academic achievement. A community of researchers have worked to give credibility to this assumption by providing concrete data in support of this belief, …
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School Building Condition and Student Achievement and Chronic Absenteeism in Urban High Schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… the overall, structural, and cosmetic school building conditions and student achievement and chronic absenteeism of students who attend urban high schools located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This study utilized the Revised Commonwealth Appraisal of the Physical Environment (CAPE), for …
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Review of Research at Virginia Tech on the Relationship Between School Building Condition and Student and Teacher Performance and Attitudes
… Virginia Tech on the relationship between school building condition and student and teacher performance and attitudes. There have been several reviews or synthesis studies of the research in the field of school facilities over the last 65 years. One institution, Virginia Tech has produced several …
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The Relationship Between School Building Conditions and Student Achievement at the Middle School Level in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… to investigate the relationship between school building condition and student achievement as measured by their performance on the Standards of Learning (SOL) examinations at the middle school level in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Three major data components were used to complete this study. The …
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A Study of the Relationship Between School Building Conditions and Academic Achievement of Twelfth Grade Students in Kuwaiti Public High Schools
… study explored the relationship between school building conditions and the academic achievement of twelfth students in selected public high schools in Kuwait. The population of the study was 56 high schools (28 boys' schools and 28 girls' schools) that offered a Sciences and Arts majors. The …
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A synthesis of studies pertaining to facilities, student achievement, and student behavior
… color, lighting, maintenance, density, climate conditions, and classroom structure. From the research reviewed, educators and designers should consider the impact of building condition, lighting, and site noise when planning, remodeling, designing, or maintaining schools, as there was conclusive …
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The Relationship between the Percentage of Students Passing the Standards of Learning examinations and the Condition of the Educational Facilities in the High Schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… of Learning (SOL) examinations and current building condition of the high schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The first research question examined the relationship between the percentages of students passing the SOL examinations in school buildings that are assessed as substandard and …
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Frequency-based training in the acquisition and retention of reading skills in students with emotional and behavioral disorders
… the number of timings run in the frequency building condition with the accuracy-only condition by staggering the introduction of each condition. Results indicate that frequency-based training was a more effective and time-efficient approach in teaching reading skills to students with …
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A Synthesis of Studies Pertaining to Building Conditions, Student Achievement, Student Behavior, and Student Attitude
The relationships between building condition and student achievement, student behavior, and student attitude were investigated by reviewing research. A synthesis of research studies from 1998 through 2008 was completed. A matrix was replicated from Lemasters’ 1997 study that identified the …
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Vision-based building energy diagnostics and retrofit analysis using 3D thermography and Building Information Modeling
The emerging energy crisis in the building sector and the legislative measures on improving energy efficiency are steering the construction industry towards adopting new energy efficient design concepts and construction methods that decrease the overall energy loads. However, the problems of energy …
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Real-Time Processing and Visualization of High-Volume Smart Infrastructure Data Using Open-Source Technologies
… which can be used in near real-time to screen building condition. To promote timely intervention, distributed computing technologies are employed to accelerate the processing, storage, and visualization of data. Vibration data is processed in parallel using a publish-subscribe messaging queue …
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Relating Building and Classroom Conditions to Student Achievement in Virginia's Elementary Schools
… and a number of variables relating to building and classroom conditions in Virginia elementary schools were examined. A systematic random sample of 300 schools was selected from all elementary schools in Virginia with grades three and five. Data on building condition, classroom …
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Application of palm shell activated carbon filter as a medium of indoor air contaminant adsorbent for indoor air quality improvement
… performance used in Mechanical Ventilation Air Conditioning (MVAC) system. Preliminary studies began with IAQ monitoring in different building condition. The present data revealed that at certain situation, the buildings environment was below than satisfactory level and required mitigation plan …
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Building conditions and students' attainment in Jamaica
… has established that there is a link between building conditions and students' academic performance--if the condition of the school facility is good the academic scores of students are likely to be higher than those schools that are in a bad state. However, there have been no previous studies …
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An analysis of annual environmental conditions and heat gains, and theoretical assessment of approaches to improve summer thermal comfort, of the Energy Research Centre at the University of Cape Town
… cooling system would be reduced, as well as the building's relative increase in energy consumption and indirect greenhouse gas emissions. This dissertation examines internal thermal conditions of the ERC under current building conditions and predicts levels of thermal discomfort likely to be …
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Konstrukčně materiálová diagnostika existujícího stavebního objektu
Diplomová práca sa zaoberá diagnostikou a stavebno-technickým prieskumom pamiat- kovej stavby s cieľom identifikovať jej aktuálny technický stav a navrhnúť vhodné úpravy a rekonštrukčné zásahy. Diagnostika stavby zahŕňa hodnotenie existujúcich porúch a po- škodení, ktoré môžu ohrozovať jej …