Standards, Regulation and Best Practise

Building envelope design and construction are exposed to a wide variety of mandatory and non-mandatory frameworks and regulations relating to climate-based design.

These primarily serve too:

• Protect the building occupants from the weather, such as wind, rain, solar radiation, snow, etc
• Regulate the indoor environment in terms of temperature, humidity, moisture
• Provide privacy for occupants
• Prevent the transmission of noise
• Provide security for occupants and the building contents
• Provide safety, for example preventing the spread of fire or smoke
• Provide views into and out of the building
• Provide access between the inside and the outside of the building