Sison, Joshua B.

ARC 1435 / Section – 2

Ar. Anna Lorraine Evangelista

Formative Assessment 4: How comfortable is your house?

According to Hubbert (2017), temperature affects the study habits of a student. Hubbert, along with
his companions, conducted a study wherein based on their study, students in both the cooler and warmer
rooms performed badly in comparison to those in the control room. The control room was kept at a
temperature of approximately 70 degrees. It is no doubt that the temperature does alter the attention
span of students.

Although the study was conducted in a school ground, this can still be relatable at home. A house
must have the proper temperature because this is where a student may study alone, which requires
intense concentration, and a student cannot concentrate when the temperature is too cold or too hot.

The spaces I’ve considered on getting the temperature and humidity for the activity is the lobby of
the dormitory located at the ground floor of the building, and my room located at the 9 th floor of the
building. 27th of September 2022, I decided to firstly conduct the activity at the lobby of the dorm. At
exactly eleven o'clock in the morning, the general temperature of the building’s location is 33 degrees
Celsius. While conducting, with a ceiling fan on and an aircon at some distance I sat in the lobby waiting
for my hygrometer's readings wearing a polo shirt, khaki pants and a rubber shoes. After getting the
findings, I immediately gone back to my room to conduct another reading wearing the same outfit while
sitting and an electric fan on. To accurately get the temperature and humidity of the spaces I’ve chosen,
I waited for five minutes to really consider the findings, and this is what I got:

Dormitory Lobby Findings: Temperature – 28.9 ℃ Humidity – 62%

Dormitory Room Findings: Temperature – 30.8 ℃ Humidity – 75%

To conclude, the temperature and humidity in the lobby are significantly different from my room,
according to the data. The lobby has a temperature of 28.9 °C and a humidity level of 62%. On the other
hand, my room has a temperature of 30.8 °C and a humidity of 75%. Both findings don’t meet the
human comfort standard in which the temperature must be between 22 °C to 27 °C and the relative
humidity must be around 40% to 60%. Although it did not pass the human comfort standard and
requirement, based on my personal experience, the temperature on both spaces still gives me enough
comfort wherein I believe I can still focus on my studies with this kind of temperature.

References:
Hubbert B. (2017, December 5). How Room Temperature Affects Your Brain While Studying.
Champion AC. https://www.championac.com/blog/how-room-temperature-affects-your-brain-while-
studying/
Tartarini, F., Schiavon, S., Cheung, T., Hoyt, T., 2020. CBE Thermal Comfort Tool: online tool for
thermal comfort calculations and visualizations. SoftwareX 12, 100563.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2020.100563