Comparison of the Standardized Requirements for Indoor Climate in Office Buildings

Abstract

The subject of this thesis is a comparison of different normative documents and the corresponding requirements for indoor climate in office buildings.

International, European, Russian and Finnish standards were chosen as sources of the material for description and comparison of the modern requirements to indoor environment. They include: International standard ISO 7730, Technical report CR 1752, European standards EN 13779 and EN 15251, Russian national standard GOST R EN 133779 and SNiP 41.01.2003, National Building Code of Finland D2 and LVI 05-10440 Classification of indoor environment 2008.

The aim of this work is to find out the differences or similarities between the foregoing groups of standards. In addition the compliance of indoor climate conditions in real office room with the standardized requirements is verified in this thesis. Two methods are used for an achievement of these purposes. These methods are a comparison of the valid requirements and measurements of some parameters in real office.

Conclusion describes the results of theoretical comparison and practical measurements. In whole all considered standards prescribe almost similar requirements. In spite of insignificant differences they do not contradict one another. The measured indoor climate parameters meet the requirements of the vast number of all considered standards.