Ventilation and Overheating Draft Guide

The AVO Guide includes:

• an explanation of ventilation requirements under the building regulations and as described in Approved Document F, along with typical ventilation strategies and associated noise considerations;
• an explanation of the overheating assessment methodology described in CIBSE TM59;
• potential acoustic criteria and guidance relating to different ventilation and overheating conditions, for both environmental noise ingress and building services noise; and
• a worked example of the application of the AVO Guide including indicative design solutions.