• 교육시설 논문지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2018

Unlike other educational spaces in school facilities, restrooms have remained unpleasant spaces without reflecting the change in social awareness and students' lifestyle. In the process of the 'School Restroom Environment Remodeling Project in Seoul' by means of "user participatory design method", this study aimed to suggest a design of the school restroom environment responding to the different needs of actual users, who are students and school staffs. By surveying them, it was revealed that they have a variety of respective behavioral patterns and spatial needs according to their status, gender, age and working period. Implications of this study are as follows; First, it is necessary to establish a separate restroom facility standards that respond to the characteristics of elementary school students. Second, there should be an expansive approach to widely accommodate with the users' needs that were found out through 'user participation', more than just repairing pre-existing space. Third, it needs to have critical review of the maintenance and operation system itself as well as the improvement of the school restroom environment.

• 한국농촌건축학회논문집
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2012

This study was to analyze physical condition on the dormitory high school in Jeonju City, and find out users' satisfaction on that. This was going to contribute to the directions of it's physical environmental improvement. This was performed by a questionnaire survey method. Data were collected from 200 students, who had been dwelling 4 high school dormitories in Jeonju City. Through analyzing those data about library, diningroom, laundry room, break room, computer room, restroom, shower room, hall lounge, and snack bar in a dormitory, the results are as follows. First, students thought some physical conditions to be inconvenient in an distracted study atmosphere and hard furniture of library, a bad location of diningroom, a short laundry machine, lack of tables in a break room, a short performance and supply computer, a small space and short toilet in restroom, and a short of hall lounge and snack bar. Second, the students' satisfaction of common public areas in dormitory was 3.39 score. Students were concerned with library and restroom shower room through analyzing satisfied and unsatisfied areas. Third, they needed to improve heating, cooling, and noise in common areas of dormitory, and needed to support a breakroom and snack bar. Conclusively, library, restroom shower room, break room, and snack bar were important common areas, and indoor environmental elements - heating, cooling and noise- were important in high school dormitory.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1473-1483
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• 2014

A public restroom is different from a household toilet in terms of location and a large number of sharing users. In addition, public restroom is usually messy and filthy. Recently, public toilet tends to be clearly managed than before, but it still has hygienic and clear problems. In this paper, we propose a machine-to-machine (M2M)-based public restroom management system to solve these problems, in which the system with a wireless communication device sends the status information of the toilet, such as blockage or trouble detected by a sensor, to the manager of the restroom at a remote location. In particular, we have developed a prototype management system for public restroom taking into account several system requirements, and verified the basic operations and performance of the management system. With the application of the system to public facilities, it will furnish users with more pleasant environments by restroom administrators who can respond effectively to the troubled toilet.

• 교육시설 논문지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.3-12
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• 2018

This study was executed by means of "user participatory design method", as a part of the public facility remodelling project supervised by the Seoul Municipality. This study aimed to complement and improve the methodology through reviewing the whole process of participatory design implementation and examining closely whether the activities, design methods and tools that have been applied at each stage were helpful to reflect the users' demands successfully. Given all of those, it implies; first, it is very meaningful that public facility remodelling project by "user participatory design" leads the ordinary users to have direct opportunity to participate in the public business and to change their perception of the restroom environment in school. Second, it is necessary to integrate the roles of the facilitator and the architect from the beginning stage of the process, which makes it feasible to reflect the users' needs to the final stage. Third, it is required to modify the design tools that enable non-professional participants to understand their tasks and to perform them effectively at the stage of decision making.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.61-69
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• 2016

In this study, we analyzed five-year(2011~2015) data for D high school in Seoul area to analyze energy consumption characteristics in high school. The results are summarized as follows. (1) In the result of comparison analysis about 2015 energy consumption by usage, based on primary energy, 18% of energy was consumed in cafeteria, and 82% was consumed in main building. In the case of main building, base and constant load excepting hot water supply in restroom took 40%, heating including freeze protection took 20%, hot water supply in restroom took 14%, and cooling took 8% in order. (2) In the 2015 total energy consumption in D high school based on primary energy, heating energy takes 28%. The range and limit of energy savings coming from the reinforcement of insulation and window performance could be estimated. (3) To introduce new & renewable energy system in high school, electricity-based system is suitable than heat-based system because usage of electric energy is larger than that of heat energy in high school. (4) Five-year energy consumption unit according to heating degree-day showed a linearly increasing trend, and the coefficient of determination(R2) was 0.9763, which means high correlation.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.597-606
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• 2016

본 연구는 초등학생의 변비 발생률을 알아보고, 변비유무에 따른 식습관, 운동 활동 시간, 스트레스 및 학교화장실 환경에 대한 인식의 차이를 파악하고, 변비 발생률과 관련요인을 알아보기 위한 서술적 조사 연구이다. 연구 대상자는 전라남도의 6개 초등학교의 재학 중인 3, 4, 5, 6학년 741명을 대상으로 하였으며, 자료수집 기간은 2014년 4월 30일부터 2014년 5월 12일까지 설문조사 하였다. 수집된 자료는 실수와 백분율, 카이제곱 검정, 독립표본 T 검정, 이변량 로지스틱 회귀분석을 하였다. 연구결과, 초등학생의 변비 발생률은 23.9%이었으며, 변비 발생률과 관련요인으로는 화장실 선호도, 쉬는 시간 배변 여부, 하루 식사 횟수, 아침 결식 횟수, 식사량, 학원수업 시간, 인터넷 이용시간, 스트레스, 학교화장실 환경에 대한 인식이었다. 특히 스트레스가 '상'의 경우 스트레스가 '하'보다 5.44배의 높은 변비 발생률을 보였다. 주관적인 증상만으로 변비를 진단하는 것은 한계가 있으므로 자세한 문진과 신체검진을 포함한 변비 발생률에 대한 파악이 필요하며, 초등학생의 변비 예방을 위한 교육 및 관리의 노력이 필요하다.

• 교육시설 논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.47-57
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• 2015

This study aimed to identify secondary school students' perceptions of school spaces by researching their place preferences and the reasons for them. For the purpose, we analyzed students' written statements regarding places they like and dislike at school, which were collected from 836 middle and 1,100 high school students enrolled at 4 middle and 4 high schools, respectively. Data were transcribed, encoded, and analyzed so as to be clustered to themes revealing the students' senses of places at school. The results are as follows: (1) for middle school students, the most preferred places had to do with physical activities, including playground, auditorium, gymnasium etc., whereas high school students preferred indoor places such as classrooms; (2) the reasons for like-places were categorized into three themes: functions (physical, social, learning, and everyday activities), emotions (belonging, healing, and aesthetics), and physical characteristics; (3) both middle and high school students regarded restroom as the place that they disliked most; (4) the reasons for dislike-places included physical conditions, atmosphere, person-related, subject-related, and circumstances such as the happening of violence or punishment. These may provide educators, parents, school architects and administrators with practical considerations needed for making school a better place for students at secondary schools.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.23-33
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• 2012

This study evaluated two educational spaces, one middle school and one high school in point of universal design. The survey method with an observation and measuring method was used. The subject were 238 students of a middle and a high school. They evaluated their schools according to 53 universal design related items which consisted of 5 principles. Findings were as follows ; 1) The width of passage between desk and desk was very narrow and there is the threshold at the door of classroom. The students evaluated them negatively, too. Also, they indicated that the size of individual locker was small and the corner of furniture was sharp. 2) The width of door and passage was narrow and the floor was not flat in restroom. The design quality such as color and finishes was not good. Also, the students evaluated all these items negatively. 3) The dining space was too big. That is, so many students takes meals in one big space. The dining tables were arranged in a long rows and the width between them was also so narrow to pass through. 4) The student of high school evaluated their educational environments more negatively than ones of middle high school. This means that the high school students were more dissatisfied with their school environment. The educational environment should be designed on the base of their students' needs.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the level of muscle activation on the cervical erector spinae (CES), lumbar erector spinae (LES), and upper trapezius (UT) according to the sitting postures while using a smartphone in the bathroom. Method: Thirty-two healthy subjects were recruited for this study. The CES, LES, and UT were evaluated by surface electromyography according to two sitting postures while using a smartphone on the toilet seat. A paired t test was performed for the root mean square of reference voluntary contraction (%RVC) comparisons between two sitting postures, and one-way ANOVA was used to compare the three muscle activations within each posture. Results: A comparison between the two sitting postures revealed the muscle activation of both CESs in sitting posture 2 and both LESs in sitting posture 1 to be significantly higher than those of the others. In sitting posture 1, the muscle activation of both LESs was significantly higher than those of the CES and UT. In sitting posture 2, the muscle activation of both CESs was significantly higher than those of the LES and UT. Conclusion: High muscle activation of the CES and LES was observed according to the sitting postures when using smartphone in the restroom. Therefore, long time use of smartphones on a toilet seat should be avoided.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제36호
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• pp.84-92
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• 2003

Schools should be a safe and comfortable environment for learning and studying. However, school facilities are usually used by many students during restricted time. These conditions such as many people, restricted time and space mold a chain of school accidents. In Korea, the school accidents are increasing annually and many students experience 'big or small incidents' and are exposed to 'potential accidents'. In this study, I investigated the present situation of the elementary schools' accidents in In-Cheon area, and analyzed the various characteristics of them. The accidents in elementary school have tendencies of occuring frequently in higher grade and boy students relatively. As analyzed in the place of accident, classrooms have a set of factors of accident, on the other hand, corridor and staircase show single distinct cause of safety problem. And also, the major portion of accidents is associated with the door in restroom and entrance space. In order to reduce the severity and frequency of school accidents, there should be needed multilateral and interdisciplinary approach. To achieve the safe school environments, this study focused on establishing a foundation of practical directions in designing elementary schools.