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A comprehensive review of the literature was undertaken in 2005 for the Design Council.<ref>Higgins, S., Hall, E., Wall, K., Woolner, P., and McCaughey, C. (2005) The Impact of School Environments: a literature review, produced for the Design Council by the University of Newcastle.</ref> It concluded that there was evidence for the effect of basic physical variables (air quality, temperature, noise) on learning but that once minimum standards were achieved, further improvements were less significant. The reviewers found forceful opinions on the effects of lighting and colour but that the supporting evidence was conflicting. It was difficult to draw generalizable conclusions about other physical characteristics, and the interactions between different elements was as important as single elements.
Other literature reviews of the education sector include two by [[PwC|Price Waterhouse Coopers]]
Price Waterhouse Coopers, (2001) Building Performance: an empirical assessment of the relationship between schools capital investment and pupil performance, Research Report 242, Department for Education and Employment, London.</ref><ref>PricewaterhouseCoopers, (2003) Building better performance: an empirical assessment of the learning and other impacts of schools capital investment, Research Report No 407, Department for Education and Skills, London.</ref> and one by researchers at the [[University of Salford]].<ref>Barrett, P and Zhang, Y. Optimal Learning Spaces: Design Implications for Primary Schools, Salford Centre for Research and Innovation in the built and human environment, 2009.</ref>
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