Several recent studies have shown that inadequate thermal conditions in classrooms can affect
students’ performance and attendance (Mendell and Heath, 2005). There is also a number of
studies carried on in offices where the adult thermal perception has been evaluated (de Dear
and Brager 1998). Since there in an argue on children’s ability to understand and express their
feelings in a sensible way (Walker, 2001), thermal comfort field studies conducted in school
classrooms are usually focused in the ages between thirteen and seventeen (Wong and Khoo,
2003). The study conducted by Humpreys (1977) is one of the few that did a survey on
children of younger ages and found that they were capable of perceiving the thermal
environment. However, there are limited studies on how children perceive, evaluate and
accept the prevailing thermal conditions in school classrooms (Teli et al., 2013).