This document summarizes a report on installing air conditioners in classrooms at Notre Dame University. A survey of 30 students found that 93% feel they would be more motivated and able to concentrate in class with cooler temperatures. The results showed that 50% of students feel more committed to the university if their requests, like AC installation, were considered. The report recommends installing AC units, providing healthy learning environments, and improving methods for gathering student feedback.

1. INSTALLATION OF AIR
CONDITIONERS
AT NOTRE DAM UNIVERSITY
August 4,2004

2. PREPARED FOR:
Miss Zeina Hojeij
ENL 230/D instructor
Notre Dam University

3. PREPARED BY:
Marina E. Checri, Naja M. Faysal
ENL 230/D Students
Notre Dame University

4. Our report is about the installation of air
conditioners in NDU’s classrooms.
Claiming that late spring and summer
session students feel more at ease when
studying in cool temperature classrooms.

5. As a support for our claim we did an
evaluation for the installation of ACs in
classrooms showing that they are tools
that boost physical well-being by
freshening the atmosphere. They may also
be an important physical condition that
motivates students and instructors for a
better level of education.

6. A list of 30 students were conducted to fill
out a questionnaire as a sample opinion
for 4000 students. A 93% shows respond
and return our questionnaire back.
This questionnaire was conducted to detect
student’s needs and how they perceive the
issue of AC installation.

7. Most from we conducted believes that fresh
temperature increase their motivation to
attend classes as well as their
concentration in class rooms.
Students also see that better atmosphere in
class has a positive effect on the quality of
teaching by instructors.

8. These are the numerical results of our
questionnaire:
Do habits influence points of view?
All day All day
6 to 12 6 to 12
Students habits
1 to 6 1 to 6
Not one Not one
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Daily hours of exposure

9. Figure 1 shows, students who answered the
survey have different habits. So, it can be
assumed that they judged the installation
of air conditioners, independently of their
lifestyle

10. Commitment towards university
Indifferent
7% Strongly
Not at all 21%
14%
Strongly
Fairly
Not at all
Indifferent
Fairly
58%

11. 50% of students believe that their commitment to
Notre Dame University would increase (cf. Table
1.) if they were to feel that the administration
was taking into consideration their requests.
Furthermore, we can assess that this
improvement in loyalty is greatly needed
nowadays, since 14% of the students answered
“Not at all” and 7% said to be indifferent, when
asked whether they felt or not committed to their
university.

12. These findings proves that students at Notre
Dame University are aware of the benefits
of a more pleasant environment. However,
a majority prefers not to make its
complaints official, fearing that increasing
the costs the university incurs, would lead
to an increase in tuition fees.

13. The following recommendations are based
on these conclusions:
• Install heating and cooling equipment in
classrooms.
• Provide healthy environmental conditions.
• Reevaluate techniques to collect students’
feedback.

14. These recommendations and the findings of
the study should help the university ensure
that students are motivated to attend
classes and that it has a high quality
image.