Comparison of international and Russian norms and guidelines for the indoor climate and air conditioning of swimming halls

Abstract

Swimming pool is a place where people go in for sports or spend time with their family, so indoor climate should be as comfortable as possible for visitors. Russian and international standards and guidelines offer a variety of solutions for indoor climate. Therefore, the main aim of this thesis is to find out and to com-pare the differences between international and Russian standards and guidelines for swimming pools. In the beginning common problems of swimming pools will be determined. Also monitoring of air temperature and relative humidity will be carried out. It is necessary for comparing of the measured results to international and Russian standards and guidelines. In this thesis literature review, analysis of Russian, Finnish and The USA standards and guidelines, calculations absolute humidity and air flow rate and measurement in swimming halls were carried out. Finally, the differences between values that will be obtained as a result of measurements and the recommen d-ed values will be written. According to comparison international and Russian standards and guidelines for swimming halls, it can be concluded that there are some differences. All of regulations and guidelines don’t give specific value of indoor air temperature; it depends on water temperature of pools. But and Russian and Finnish recom-mendations limits maximum air temperature (it should be less than 31°C). Level of air humidity also differs in regulations. The highest differences between lower and upper limits of relative humidity are in Russian recommendations. All recommendations that are given in guidelines are needed to achieve the acceptable indoor climate in swimming pools to avoid health hazard effect or damage of building envelope.