Microclimatic Conditions in Office Spaces - Case Study

Abstract

A modern man stays in closed rooms for most of the day. That is why, the indoor environment should have a beneficial effect on people’s health and well-being. The conditions in the room are called the microclimate of the interior. It is the set of all physical and chemical parameters of rooms affecting the human body and building. The values of these parameters are influenced by the structure of the building and installations such as heating, ventilation and lighting. Since the introduction of installation systems into the construction industry, shaping the internal microclimate of the building has become on the one hand an easier task, but on the other hand it requires due diligence and professional knowledge of the design of the internal conditions. The office space is located in a building that will be thermo-modernized. Currently, spaces have various technical solutions in the field of window frames, installed radiators and installed lighting fittings. The Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) and Predicted Percentage Dissatisfied (PPD) indicators were determined in an analytical way for selected office spaces and the analysis of factors affecting conditions in particular rooms was carried out. The article contains the comparison of the results obtained from the observation analytically for selected office spaces in different seasons. The article also presents the comparison of the results obtained from the observations with the recommendations contained in the legal regulations together with the analysis of the applied technical solutions of the central heating installation.