Academic project: Energy use in student rooms | Status: Completed | Date: March 2016
Person: Kate Belford | Subject: Natural Sciences Part IB | Supervisor: Dr Ed Tanner
Project summary: An assessment of the temperature of students’ rooms alongside surveys on thermal comfort and opinions on heating.
Key findings: Temperature probes in student rooms gave an average room temperature of 22.4°C over the course of a week, with no significant difference between the two Colleges measured. There was no significant relationship between internal and external temperature. The survey on opinions about thermal comfort and heating resulted in a spread of views amongst those who responded, with answers ranging from rooms being too cold to too hot.
How has it been used? The report and findings have been sent to the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Co-ordinator for the Cambridge Colleges for their use.