What is BS EN 16798 - Energy performance of buildings about?
BS EN 16798 discusses energy performance of buildings. BS EN 16798-1 is the first part of the multi-series and discusses indoor environmental input parameters for the design and assessment of energy performance of buildings.
BS EN 16798 specifies requirements for indoor environmental parameters for the thermal environment, indoor air quality, lighting, and acoustics and specifies how to establish these parameters for building system design and energy performance calculations.
BS EN 16798 is applicable where the criteria for the indoor environment are set by human occupancy and where the production or process does not have a major impact on the indoor environment.
Note: BS EN 16798 does not specify design methods but gives input parameters to the design of building envelope, heating, cooling, ventilation, and lighting.
Who is BS EN 16798 - Energy performance of buildings for?
BS EN 16798 on the Energy performance of buildings applies to:
- Architect
- Lighting Manufacturer
- Structural Engineer
- Sound Engineer
- Civil Engineer
Why should you use BS EN 16798 - Energy performance of buildings?
Energy consumption of buildings depends significantly on the criteria used for the indoor environment (heating, cooling, ventilation, and lighting) and building (including systems) design and operation. The indoor environment also affects the health, productivity, and comfort of the occupants. BS EN 16798 is part of a series of standards aiming at international harmonization of the methodology for the assessment of the energy performance of buildings, called the “set of EPB standards”.
BS EN 16798 provides you with design criteria for the local thermal discomfort factors, draught, radiant temperature asymmetry, vertical air temperature differences and floor surface temperature. BS EN 16798 also provides occupancy schedules to be used in standard energy calculations.
BS EN 16798 shows how to establish and define the main parameters to be used as input for building energy calculation and short- and long-term evaluation of the indoor environment and how different categories of criteria for the indoor environment can be used.
