Indoor Design Temperatures
Recommended indoor temperatures in summer or winter.
Indoor air-temperatures summer and winter should be kept within certain limits to achieve acceptable conditions.
Winter Conditions
Acceptable indoor temperatures at winter conditions are indicated in the table below.
Type of Heated rooms | Temperature | |
---|---|---|
oF | oC | |
Bars | 64 | 18 |
Bathrooms | 72 | 22 |
Bedrooms | 64 | 18 |
Changing rooms | 72 | 22 |
Churches | 64 | 18 |
Cloakrooms | 61 | 16 |
Classrooms | 68 | 20 |
Corridors | 61 | 16 |
Dining rooms | 68 | 20 |
Dressing rooms | 70 | 21 |
Exhibition halls | 64 | 18 |
Factories, sedentary work | 64 | 18 |
Factories, light work | 61 | 16 |
Factories, heavy work | 55 | 13 |
Gyms | 59 | 15 |
Halls, assembly | 64 | 18 |
Halls, entrance | 61 | 16 |
Hotel rooms | 70 | 21 |
Laboratories | 68 | 20 |
Lecture rooms | 68 | 20 |
Libraries | 68 | 20 |
Living rooms | 70 | 21 |
Museums | 68 | 20 |
Offices | 68 | 20 |
Operating theaters | 75 | 24 |
Prisons | 64 | 18 |
Recreation rooms | 64 | 18 |
Restaurants | 64 | 18 |
Shops | 64 | 18 |
Stores | 59 | 15 |
Swimming baths | 81 | 27 |
Waiting rooms | 64 | 18 |
Wards | 64 | 18 |
Warehouses | 61 | 16 |
Summer Conditions
For summer the values below may be used as an indication of acceptable conditions.
Optimum temperature | 20oC to 22oC |
Optimum relative humidity | 40% to 65% |
Preferred indoor conditions for exposures less than 3 hours:
Outside dry bulb temperature | Inside air conditions with dew point constant at 14oC | ||
---|---|---|---|
oC Load Calculator! | oC max | oC min | % |
35 | 27 | 18.5 | 44 |
32 | 26 | 18.0 | 46 |
29 | 25 | 17.8 | 52 |
27 | 24 | 17.5 | 51 |
24 | 23 | 17.2 | 57 |
21 | 22 | 17.0 | 57 |