Common Indoor Temperatures
Indoor air-temperatures should be kept within certain limits to achieve acceptable conditions.
Acceptable indoor temperatures at winter conditions are indicated in the table below.
Type of Heated rooms | Temperature | |
°F | °C | |
Bars | 66 | 19 |
Bathrooms | 73 | 23 |
Bedrooms | 64 | 20 |
Churches | 66 | 19 |
Cloakrooms | 62 | 17 |
Classrooms | 70 | 21 |
Corridors | 62 | 17 |
Dining rooms | 72 | 22 |
Dressing rooms | 73 | 23 |
Exhibition halls | 64 | 18 |
Factories, sedentary work | 64 | 18 |
Factories, light work | 61 | 16 |
Factories, heavy work | 55 | 13 |
Gyms | 59 | 16 |
Halls, assembly | 66 | 19 |
Halls, entrance | 61 | 17 |
Hotel rooms | 72 | 22 |
Laboratories | 70 | 21 |
Lecture rooms | 72 | 22 |
Libraries | 72 | 22 |
Living rooms | 72 | 22 |
Museums | 68 | 20 |
Offices | 68 | 20 |
Operating theatres | 75 | 24 |
Prisons | 64 | 18 |
Recreation rooms | 64 | 18 |
Restaurants | 66 | 19 |
Shops | 66 | 19 |
Stores | 59 | 15 |
Swimming baths | 81 | 27 |
Waiting rooms | 64 | 18 |
Wards | 64 | 18 |
Warehouses | 61 | 16 |