HEATING AND VENTILATION DESIGN FOR REDUCED OPERATING COSTS
Careful assessment of the requirements
for internal operating environments can
significantly reduce energy demand and CO2
emissions.
Internal temperature and control parameters
Our specialists can work alongside designers to ensure thermal comfort criteria are established at the design stage and take account of heating, cooling and ventilation systems.
Perceptions of comfort depend on a number of factors, including:
Air temperature Radiant temperature Air movement.
They are combined in a parameter known as the ‘operative temperature’.
CIBSE guide A gives the nominal range of operative temperature for comfort for several common building applications.