BS EN 15221-6:2011 Facility management. Area and space measurement in facility management
BS EN 15221-6 establishes a common basis for planning and design, area and space management, financial assessment, as well as a tool for benchmarking in the field of Facility Management.
BS EN 15221-6 covers area and space measurement for existing owned or leased buildings as well as buildings in state of planning or development.
BS EN 15221-6 presents a framework for measuring floor areas within buildings and areas outside of buildings. In addition, it contains clear terms and definitions as well as methods for measuring horizontal areas and volumes in buildings and/or parts of buildings, independent of their function.
Contents for BS EN 15221-6 includes:
Scope
Normative references
Terms and definitions
Methods and units of measurement
Units
Distance
Area
Volume
Framework of area and space measurement of buildings
General
Level Area (LA)
Non-functional Level Area (NLA)
Gross Floor Area (GFA)
Exterior Construction Area (ECA)
Internal Floor Area (IFA)
Interior Construction Area (ICA)
Net Floor Area (NFA)
Partition Wall Area (PWA)
Net Room Area (NRA)
Technical Area (TA)
Circulation Area (CA)
Amenity Area (AA)
Primary Area (PA)
Area and space measurement outside of buildings
Additional terminology
Classification
This European Standard is one of the series BS EN 15221 "Facility Management" which consists of the following parts:
- Part 1: Terms and definitions
- Part 2: Guidance on how to prepare Facility Management agreements
- Part 3: Guidance on quality in Facility Management
- Part 4: Taxonomy, Classification and Structures in Facility Management
- Part 5: Guidance on Facility Management processes
- Part 6: Area and Space Measurement in Facility Management
- Part 7: Performance Benchmarking
