Tropical elementary school classrooms too hot for student comfort, study finds.
The study looked at how students in tropical elementary schools feel about the temperature in their classrooms. They found that most students felt warm or hot, even though a scientific model predicted they would feel cooler. The students actually preferred a warmer temperature than the model suggested. This shows that students in the tropics are okay with higher temperatures than expected. The researchers used students' feedback to figure out the best way to understand their comfort in hot classrooms.