PMV Comfort Criteria
For mechanically ventilated / cooled buildings the PMV test follows ISO 7730 with the threshold set by the occupant category:
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Category A (TM 52:2013 table 2 category I) > +0.2
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Category B (TM 52:2013 table 2 category II) > +0.5
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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.
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.