Guide A Environmental design. 7th edition (issue 2) (incorporates corrections issued February and September 2006 and 2007)

Publication Year

2006

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Contains significant changes from the 1999 version of CIBSE Guide A. The contents acknowledge and satisfy the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and UK legislation, specifically the 2006 Building Regulations Approved Documents L and F. Changes made for the 7th revision may be summarised as follows: Chapter 1: Environmental criteria for design: extensively revised to include the adaptive approach and thermal comfort criteria based on the outdoor running mean temperature; Chapter 2 - UK dry bulb and wet bulb temperature data have been updated to 2002; Chapter 3 - all the data in this section have been reviewed and updated where necessary to reflect the changes in European and International standards; Chapter 4 - now covers all modes of ventilation; Chapter 5 - details the design information required to calculate heating and cooling loads and the installed plant capacity; Chapter 6 - provides the latest design information on heat emissions from a wide range of internal heat gains to enable designers to use either benchmark values or make specific estimates; Chapter 7 - addresses the widespread concerns amongst clients and building professionals with regard to surface condensation; and Chapter 8 - is a totally new chapter. Its purpose is to advise building service designers and building managers of the health implications of their decisions.

Document History

Supersedes the 6th edition of CIBSE Guide A (1999) and the first issue of the 7th edition (2006). This version of CIBSE Guide A issued January 2007. As a corrected version of the 7th edition, references made in the Building Regulations apply to this document rather than the original issue.

ISBN

9781903287668

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