Building indoor environment covers the environmental aspects in the design, analysis, and operation of energy-efficient, healthy, and comfortable buildings. Fields of specialization include architecture, HVAC design, thermal comfort, indoor air quality (IAQ), lighting, acoustics, and control systems. In total, the indoor experience is known as the indoor environmental quality (IEQ). Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... All-air and air-water HVAC systems use air ducts, outlets, and inlets installed throughout their buildings. ... Human thermal comfort is the state of mind that expresses satisfaction with the surrounding environment, according to ASHRAE Standard 55. ... Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) deals with the health and comfort of the air inside buildings. ... Lighting refers to either artificial light sources such as lamps or to natural illumination of interiors from daylight. ... Acoustics is a branch of physics and is the study of sound, mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids. ... A control system is a device or set of devices that manage the behavior of other devices. ...
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ASHRAE Standard 55, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy
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