本研究的目的是比较一所气候控制学校与一所或多所非气候控制学校在某些成本因素和某些结果方面的相似性。这些学校是佛罗里达州皮内拉斯县公立学校系统的单位，在整个研究过程中正常运行。研究人员研究了一所气候控制学校在两个学年和两个夏季学期的正常运行情况，以及两所非气候控制学校在同一两个学年的正常运行情况。他们还研究了第三种非生物- 气候控制学校与气候控制学校的夏季学期同时运营。目的是比较气候控制建筑的施工成本与几乎同时建成的一所非气候控制学校的施工成本，并确定气候控制学校与非气候控制学校在运营成本、总体质量、舒适度、成就感等方面的异同，学生的行为和健康。

The purpose of this study was to compare one climate controlledschool with one or more non-climate controlled schools of similarsize with respect to certain factors of cost and with respect to certainoutcomes. These schools are units of the Pinellas County, Florida,public school system and were in normal operation throughout the study.The investigators studied the normal operation of one climate controlledschool during two academic years and two summer terms and the normaloperation of two non-climate controlled schools during the same twoacademic years. They also studied a third non-climate controlledschool operating simultaneously with the summer terms of the climatecontrolled school. The purpose was to compare the cost of constructionof the climate controlled building with that of one non-climate controlledschool which was built at approximately the same time and to determinethe similarities and differences between the climate controlled and nonclimatecontrolled schools with respect to operating costs and generalquality and the comfort, achievement, conduct and health of the students.