For mechanically ventilated / cooled buildings the PMV test follows ISO 7730 with the threshold set by the occupant category:
Category A (TM 52:2013 table 2 category I) > +0.2
Category B (TM 52:2013 table 2 category II) > +0.5
Category C (TM 52:2013 table 2 category III) > +0.7
PMV related variables MET and CLO are set on the comfort tab for the room or room template.
Figure 1 – Space comfort settings
The user can set several ways to define CLO however the min & max method enables dual PMV tests per timestep to mimic occupant reactive behaviour; the best PMV result is utilised in the analysis.
