Guidance

BB 101: Ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality 2018

This Building Bulletin provides guidance on ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 11 March 2014
• Last updated: 23 August 2018 — See all updates

Documents

BB 101: Guidelines on ventilation, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality in schools

MS Word Document, 2.8 MB

Details

This document describes the factors that affect the indoor environment of schools, setting out the regulatory framework for ventilation in schools and gives recommended performance levels for compliance with UK regulations.

The document also provides non-statutory guidance on how to design schools to achieve adequate performance for ventilation, indoor air quality and thermal comfort.

Supporting the document are five simple spreadsheets BB101 Calculation Tools.

Published 11 March 2014
Last updated 23 August 2018 + show all updates

1. 23 August 2018

   Updated page with new Building Bulletin 101 document

2. 11 March 2014

   First published.