ASHRAE standard : Thermal environmental conditions for human occupancy

Cover title

At head of cover title : ASHRAE standard

'Supersedes ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55-2010.'

'Includes ANSI/ASHRAE addenda listed in Appendix M.'

Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-48)

Purpose -- Scope -- Definitions -- General requirements -- Conditions that provide thermal comfort -- Design compliance -- Evaluation of the comfort in existing buildings -- References -- Normative appendix A: Methods for determining operative temperature -- Normative appendix B: Computer program for calculation of PMV-PPD -- Informative appendix C: Conditions that provide thermal comfort -- Informative appendix D: Use of metabolic rate data -- Informative appendix E: Clothing insulation -- Informative appendix F: Analytical and graphic comfort zone methods -- Informative appendix G: Procedure for evaluating cooling effect of elevated air speed using SET -- Informative appendix H: Local discomfort and variations with time --Informative appendix I: Occupant-controlled naturally conditioned spaces -- Informative appendix J: Sample design compliance documentation -- Informative appendix K: Measurements, surveys, and evaluation of comfort in existing spaces: part 1 and 2 --Informative appendix L: Bibliography and information references -- Informative appendix M: Addenda description