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In this chapter, the design and assessment of indoor living comfort conditions are presented from an engineering perspective. This means that perceived physical process that occur in the indoor environment and influence the response of the residents’ bodies and ability to perform work are transferred into several groups of physical indicators and ranges of acceptable values to ensure a pleasant, healthy, and productive environment. Indicators are used in the process of building design as well as in the process of the in situ assessment of indoor environment quality, (IEQ, also called ‘building ergonomics’ or ‘building ecology’) during the operation of the buildings.
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EN ISO 8996:2004 Ergonomics of the thermal environment—Determination of metabolic rate.
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EN 15251:2007 Indoor environmental input parameters for design and assessment of energy performance of buildings addressing indoor air quality, thermal environment, lighting and acoustics.
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EN ISO 7730:2005 Ergonomics of the thermal environment—Analytical determination and interpretation of thermal comfort using calculation of the PMV and PPD indices and local thermal comfort criteria.
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CEN/TR 16798-2:2017 Energy performance of buildings—Ventilation for buildings—Part 2: Interpretation of the requirements in EN 16798-1—Indoor environmental input parameters for design and assessment of energy performance of buildings addressing indoor air quality, thermal environment, lighting and acoustics (Module M1-6)
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Pravilnik o učinkoviti rabi energije v stavbah (Rules on efficient use of energy in buildings with a technical guideline) (Uradni list RS, št. 52/10 in 61/17—GZ).
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Medved, S., Domjan, S., Arkar, C. (2019). Indoor Comfort Requirements. In: Sustainable Technologies for Nearly Zero Energy Buildings. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02822-0_1
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