Interactions Affecting the Achievement of Acceptable Indoor Environments
ASHRAE Standing Guideline Project Committee 10

Interactions Affecting the Achievement of Acceptable Indoor Environments

1. PURPOSE: To provide guidance regarding factors and their interactions as they affect the indoor environmental conditions acceptable to human occupants with regard to comfort and health.

2. SCOPE:

2.1 This guideline provides guidance regarding factors and their interactions and includes thermal comfort, indoor air quality, sound and vibration, and non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation (including visible light).

2.2 This guideline applies to the design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of buildings.

2.3 This guideline applies to all indoor or enclosed spaces that people may occupy.

Exceptions:

1. a. Areas of buildings intended primarily for manufacturing, commercial processing, and industrial processing
2. b. Parking garages
3. c. Storage spaces intended for only incidental human occupancy
4. d. Other such enclosed spaces not designed predominantly for human occupancy