2021
Yes
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1438463921000614
Vassella
Europe
Elementary (K-5)
Middle/Jr High (6-8)
High School (9-12)
Ventilation rates
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Natural window ventilation
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Indoor air quality
School
Intervention
Awareness-raising
In more than two-thirds of those (schools that had natural ventilation), the hygienic limit value of 2000 ppm specified for CO2 in the Swiss Standard SN was exceeded. CO2 was significantly reduced in pilot classrooms (Wilcoxon sign-rank tests, p=3.815e-06). Median CO2 levels decreased from 1600 ppm (control group) to 1097 ppm (intervention group), and the average proportion of teaching time at 400 - 1400 ppm CO2 increased from 40% to 70%.