This standard specifies methods for calculating the design heat loss and the design heat load for basic
cases at the design conditions.
Basic cases comprise all buildings:
- with a limited room height (not exceeding 5 m);
- assumed to be heated to steady state conditions under the design conditions.
Examples of such buildings are: residential buildings; office and administration buildings; schools;
libraries; hospitals; recreational buildings; prisons; buildings used in the catering trade; department
stores and other buildings used for business purposes; industrial buildings.
In the annexes, information is also given for dealing with the following special cases:
- high ceiling buildings or large enclosure;
- buildings where air temperature and mean radiant temperature differ significantly.
BS EN 12831:2003 Referenced Document
EN 12524 Building Materials and Products - Hygrothermal Properties - Tabulated Design Values
EN 673 Glass in building - Determination of thermal transmittance (U value) - Calculation method*, 2011-02-01 Update
EN ISO 10077-1 Thermal performance of windows@ doors and shutters - Calculation of thermal transmittance - Part 1: General*, 2017-07-01 Update
EN ISO 10211-1 Thermal bridges in building construction Calculation of heat flows and surface temperatures Part 1: General methods
EN ISO 10211-2 Thermal Bridges in Building Construction - Calculation of Heat Flows and Surface Temperatures - Part 2: Linear Thermal Bridges ISO 10211-2: 2001
EN ISO 10456 Building materials and products - Hygrothermal properties - Tabulated design values and procedures for determining declared and design thermal values - Technical Corrigendum 1 (ISO 10456:2007/Cor 1:2009)*, 2009-12-01 Update
EN ISO 13370 Thermal performance of buildings - Heat transfer via the ground - Calculation methods*, 2017-07-01 Update
EN ISO 14683 Thermal bridges in building construction - Linear thermal transmittance - Simplified methods and default values*, 2017-07-01 Update
EN ISO 6946 Building components and building elements - Thermal resistance and thermal transmittance - Calculation methods*, 2017-07-01 Update
BS EN 12831:2003 history
2013BS EN 12828:2012 Heating systems in buildings. Design for water-based heating systems
2003BS EN 12828:2003 Heating systems in buildings - Design for water-based heating systems
1990BS 5449:1990 Specification for forced circulation hot water central heating systems for domestic premises