This standard applies to the planning and construction of ventilation and air conditioning devices (hereinafter referred to as HVACs) for laboratories in the industries, universities and institutes. It also applies to HVACs in scientific classrooms in schools in so far as these are equipped with an HVAC.
This standard does not stipulate, however, when laboratories or scientific classrooms in schools shall be equipped with an ACP. For this purpose superior bodies of rules and regulations apply that shall be taken into account. This standard only specifies the tasks of and requirements for HVAC systems.
This standard not only applies to laboratories in a narrower sense, but also to laboratory-ralated rooms in which work with hazardous substances is performed.
DIN 1946-7:2009 Referenced Document
DIN EN 12128:1998 Biotechnology - Laboratories for research, development and analysis - Containment levels of microbiology laboratories, areas of risk, localities and physical safety requirements; German version EN 12128:1998
DIN EN 12792:2004 Ventilation for buildings - Symbols, terminology and graphical symbols; German version EN 12792:2003
DIN EN 13779:2007 Ventilation for non-residential buildings - Performance requirements for ventilation and room-conditioning systems English version EN 13779:2007-09
DIN EN 14175-1:2003-08 Fume cupboards - Part 1: Vocabulary; German version EN 14175-1:2003
DIN EN 15251 Indoor environmental input parameters for design and assessment of energy performance of buildings addressing indoor air quality, thermal environment, lighting and acoustics; German version EN 15251:2007*, 2012-12-01 Update