{"id":6953,"date":"2018-09-08T08:36:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T06:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/era.archi\/?p=6953"},"modified":"2023-02-07T14:50:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T13:50:40","slug":"comfort-criteria-for-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/era.archi\/en\/comfort-criteria-for-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfort criteria for your home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What comfort criteria must my new home meet?<\/p>\n<p>What is comfort?<\/p>\n<p>In case you still don&#8217;t know us, let me introduce our studio: we&#8217;re ERA architects, the English speaking green architecture studio to call in Barcelona.<br \/>\nActually, I&#8217;m Esther Rovira, an architect in Barcelona and a passive house designer for new sustainable builds and big green renovations in Barcelona and Catalonia.<br \/>\nIn this post you&#8217;ll find all the essentials from our professional point of view.<br \/>\nI hope this helps you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does comfort mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Comfort is the set of material conditions that provide well-being or comfort.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What comfort criteria are taken into account when designing a house?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are different ways to assess these criteria.<br \/>\nIn this section we will base ourselves on the criteria of the European standard EN ISO 7730 and the criteria of the Passive House Institute.<br \/>\nISO 7730 is based on thermal wellness.<br \/>\nDefine this condition as satisfaction with the thermal environment according to 6 factors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>air temperature<\/li>\n<li>radiant temperature<\/li>\n<li>airspeed<\/li>\n<li>humidity<\/li>\n<li>surround<\/li>\n<li>activity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The standard defines each of these points in a very technical way and in this post we will not go into detail.<br \/>\nTechnicalities aside and generalizing a lot, for good comfort inside the house, these conditions must be met:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>temperature throughout the year between 20 and 26\u00baC<\/li>\n<li>air renewal 0.33Wh\/m3k<\/li>\n<li>relative humidity between 40-60%<\/li>\n<li>insulated envelope, are neither leaks nor thermal bridges<\/li>\n<li>CO2 levels less than 1000ppm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Our professional recommendation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In our Architecture studio in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwe recommend building houses with maximum levels of comfort following the passive house criteria defined by the Passive House Institute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You may also be interested in other related posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"waffle-rich-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/era.archi\/en\/passive-house-and-price-in-barcelona\/\">Passive House and price in Barcelona<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"waffle-rich-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/era.archi\/en\/wood-houses-and-price-in-barcelona\/\">Wood houses and price in Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hope this is helpful!<br \/>\nBest of luck on this adventure.<br \/>\nSee you on the next post,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/estherrovira\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Esther Rovira Raurell<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/era.archi\/estudio\/\">Architect in Barcelona<\/a>\u00a0#<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arquitectes.cat\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COAC 44234-8<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.passivhausplaner.eu\/index.php?lang=en-GB\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Passive House Designer<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Affiliated to the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/passivehouse-international.org\/memberSearchDetails.php?member_id=9577\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Passive House Association<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Founder of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/era.archi\/es\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ERA architects<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>P.S. 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