BS EN ISO BRITISH STANDARD 7730:2005 Ergonomics of the thermalenyironment- Analytical determination and interpretation of thermal comfort using calculation of the PMy and PPD indices and local thermal comfort criteria The European Standard EN ISO 7730:2005 has the status of a British Standard ICS 13.180 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BS EN ISO 7730:2005 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN ISO 7730:2005. It is identical with ISO 7730:2005. It supersedes BS EN ISO 7730:1995 which is withdrawn The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PH/9, Applied ergonomics, to Subcommittee PH/9/1, Thermal environments, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the “Search" facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN ISO title page, the EN ISO foreword page, the ISO title page, pages i to V, a blank page, pages 1 to 52, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication This British Standard was published underthe authority Amd. No. Date Comments of the Standards Policy and StrategyCommittee on19January2006 C BSI 19 January 2006 ISBN 0 580 47207 8 EN ISO 7730 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM November 2005 ICS 13.180 Supersedes EN ISO 7730:1995 English Version Ergonomics of the thermal environment - Analytical determination and interpretation of thermal comfort using comfort criteria (ISO 7730:2005) Ergonomiedesambiancesthermiques-Détermination Ergonomiederthermischen Umgebung-Analytische analytique et interpretation du confort thermique par le Bestimmung und Interpretation der thermischen calcul des indices PMV et PPD et par des criteres de Behaglichkeit durch Berechnung des PMV- und des PPD- confort thermique local (iSO7730:2005) Indexes und Kriterien der lokalen thermischen Behaglichkeit (ISO 7730:2005) ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon21October2005. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. cen EUROPEAN COMMITTEEFOR STANDARDIZATION COMITEEUROPEENDENORMALISATION EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG Management Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Bru