Moshood Olawale Fadeyi, Singapore Institute of Technology

The impact of poor indoor air quality on school absenteeism

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Indoor Air Cartoon Journal, June 2018, Volume 1, #9

Studies linked poor indoor air quality in a classroom to student low attendance rate and academic performance.

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Do you want to know more about this topic? Read Mendell and Hearth (2005) paper.

Published by Moshood Olawale Fadeyi, Singapore Institute of Technology

Dr. Moshood Olawale Fadeyi is a sustainable building professor with specialisation in sustainable building engineering communication at the Singapore Institute of Technology. He is also an architect, an indoor air quality expert, a chartered engineer (UK) – building services, a chartered construction manager (UK), and a cartoonist. He holds four university degrees, including a Ph.D. in Indoor Environment and Energy from the National University of Singapore and the Technical University of Denmark. Dr. Fadeyi is architecture (BSc Arch and M.Arch.), building science (MSc.), and engineering (Ph.D.) trained. He is a member of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (UK), Chartered Institute of Building (UK), and American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, & Air-conditioning Engineers. He researches to explore integrating engineering, science, art, and literature to enhance education in sustainable building engineering. His research interests encompass indoor air quality and health and value delivery in sustainable building (including design, construction, and facility management). The primary aim of his research, as well as his teaching, is to foster critical and reflective thinking in those who engage with his work, whether through listening to his presentations or reading his research publications on the problem-solving processes in sustainable building engineering. In his scholarly pursuits, he engages in artistic-educational research, a methodology through which he creates cartoons, develops fiction stories, and applied learning articles grounded in evidence from scientific research, case studies, applied research findings, and self-critical and reflective thinking. This approach serves the purpose of effectively communicating complex ideas to enhance the educational experience in sustainable building engineering problem-solving. His academic career scholarship portfolio includes more than 200 research outputs published in public educational resources, peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and books. Companies and government agencies highly seek his expertise and leadership skills. He is the Editor, Author, and Cartoonist of Indoor Air Cartoon Journal – a public educational resource informed by artistic-educational research, providing indoor air quality (IAQ) educational experience to audiences from over 100 countries. He is a former National Taekwondo Champion in Singapore – Black Belt Middle-Heavy Weight category, 2006.

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