Identifier: schoolarchitectu00bruc (find matches)
Title: School architecture; a handy manual for the use of architects and school authorities
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Bruce, William George, 1856-1949 Bruce, William Conrad, 1882- Bruce, Frank Milton, 1885- (from old catalog)
Subjects: School buildings
Publisher: Milwaukee, Johnson service company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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without noise,draught or annoyance of any kind, and must beremoved in a similar manner. It is almost needless to say, that the temper-ing and supply of air is not a problem whichmay be left to the inexperienced or uninformed.While most architects know in a general way therules for the heating and ventilation of schoolbuildings, only a few are able to give expertjudgment on its planning and installation. It isthus, absolutely necessary, especially where theproblem is at all large, to employ expert as-sistance, not only to ensure an economical in-stallation, but also to obtain a system that canbe used at a minimum of cost during the lifetimeof the building. Again, it is necessary to treat the problem ofheating and ventilation conjointly. While theheating of school buildings, preceded by manyyears their ventilation, the time has come when,except in the case of the poor building, one isalways discussed with or relatively to the other.This is especially due, of course, to the fact that 141
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142 Heating and Ventilation ventilating systems are now operated in con-junction with the heating system. The relationis evident when it is remembered that the oneproblem deals with the securing of fresh air, theother with its warming and tempering. Temperature.—The first and most importantquestion to be determined in the heating of class-rooms is, of course, temperature. It is needlessto say that overheating means merely fuel wasteand discomfort, while chilliness means possiblesickness. The temperature to be maintained for class-rooms varies in different portions of the country.Near the sea coast or in a humid climate 68 de-grees Fahrenheit is a good temperature for schoolchildren. The rules of the English Board ofEducation (Act 1902) requires that an eventemperature of from 54 degrees to 60 degreesshould be maintained. With proper humidityand ventilation schools in the United States canon an average be kept uniformly at 70 degrees. Temperature Regulation.—Every school-house equi

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