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Statute Book Of The National Board OfHousing, Building And Planning

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1. ------IND- 2013 0078 S-- EN- ------ 20130306 --- --- PROJET Administrative provisions amending the building regulations of the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning (2011:6) — mandatory provisions and general recommendations;

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The information procedure in accordance with the Order (1994:2029) on technical regulations has been implemented1.

By virtue of Chapter 10, Sections 1, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 24 of the Planning and Building Regulation (2011:338) the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning prescribes with regard to the Board's building regulations (2011:6)

that Sections 1:5, 4 and 7:11 shall cease to apply,that headings and in Section 1:42, 2:322, the various inflected forms of the

word, certified, shall be replaced with the corresponding forms of assessed.that headings and Sections 1:1, 1:4, 1:41, 1:42, 1:6, 2:322, 3:111–3:113, 3:132,

3:142, 3;1422, 3:143, 3:144, 3:145, 3:146, 3:211–3:212, 3:22, 3:224, 3:226, 3:42, 3:51, 3:511, 3:52, 5:214, 5:231, 5:2512, 5:331, 5:335, 5:354, 5:4223, 5:427, 5:521, 5:522, 5:523, 5:531, 5:546, 5:551, 5:553, 5:732, 5:734, 7:12, 7:3, 7:41, 7:42, 9:2, 9:3, 9:8 and the annex shall have the following wording,

that new sections and new headings shall be introduced in 3:1451–3:1453, 7:21 and 7:22.

1 Introduction

1:1 GeneralThis statute contains regulations and general recommendations for the following acts and ordinances (the main statutes)

– the Planning and Building Act (2010:900), PBL– the Planning and Building Ordinance (2011:338), PBF

General recommendationMandatory provisions and general recommendations on bearing capacity, stability and durability of structural components are given in the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's mandatory provisions

1 These provisions have been notified in accordance with Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society Services (OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p.37, Celex 398L0034), as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 98/48/EC (OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p.18, Celex 398L0048).

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and general recommendations (2011:10) on the application of European construction standards (Eurocodes), ECS.

Further regulations for lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors andmotorised gates and some devices for waste are given in the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning'smandatory provisions and general recommendations on lifts and certain other motorised devices (BFS-2011:12), H.

Further regulations for boilers are given in the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's mandatory provisions and general recommendations on efficiency requirements for new boilers powered by liquid or gaseous fuels (BFS 2011:11), EVP.

Regulations regarding performance inspection of ventilation systems are given in Chapter 10, Articles 18 and 23 of PBF and in the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's mandatory provisions on performance inspection of ventilation systems and certification of expert functional inspectors (BFS 2011:16), OVK, and in the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's general recommendation performance inspection of ventilation systems (2012:7), OVKAR.

Regulations regarding type approval, etc. are contained in the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's mandatory provisions and general recommendations on type approval and production control (BFS 2011:19), TYP.

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1:4 Construction products with assessed propertiesIn this statute, construction products with assessed properties refer to construction products that are

a) CE marked,b) type approved and/or production controlled under the regulations of Chapter

8, Articles 22–23 of the Planning and Building Act,c) have been certified by a certification body that is accredited for the purpose

and for the product in question under Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/933,2, or

have been manufactured in a factory whose manufacture, production control, and the result thereof for the construction product are continuously monitored, assessed, and approved by a certification body accredited for the purpose and the product in question in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008.

In order for the construction product to be regarded as having assessed properties, when alternatives c) and d) above are used, verification shall be of sufficient scope and quality as to ensure that the intended material and product properties are complied with. The verification shall at least correspond to what is decided for the CE marking for similar products.

General recommendationIf a construction product’s properties are assessed under options a), c) or d), this does not mean that the product meets Swedish requirements for buildings in this statute. Such an assessment merely means that the

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client/owner shall have confidence in the accompanying declaration of the product’s properties. Using the product declaration, the client/owner can decide if the construction product is suitable for the particular use.

For construction products with assessed properties, the client/owner need not carry out any test of these properties.

Where this statute refers to general guidance or manuals in which the terms type approved or in-process inspected material and products are used, these shall be replaced by the term construction products with assessed properties in accordance with this section.

1:41 Transition periodWhen the product in question is covered by a harmonised standard that has been published or a European technical approval has been issued3 for the product, only assessments in accordance with alternative a) in Section 1:4 apply. The standard includes a transition period determined by the Commission.4 In such cases, assessments other than under alternative a) are also valid until the end of the transitional period.

1:42 Mutual RecognitionAs with assessment in accordance with alternative c) or d) in Section 1:4, an assessment issued by another body within the European Union or European Economic Area is also acceptable if the body is

1. accredited for the task with respect to the requirements in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, or

2. can in some other way provide similar guarantees concerning technical and professional competence and guarantees of independence.

1:5 has been rescinded by (BFS 2013:xx).

1:65 TerminologyTerms not specifically defined in the main statutes or in these mandatory provisions and general recommendations have their meaning set out in the publication TNC 95, Planning and Building Terms 1994, issued by the Swedish Centre of Technical Terminology.

Where the term “designed” is used in these regulations and general recommendations, this shall mean “designed and executed”, i.e. the building’s final design.

Where the term “public premises” is used in these regulations and general recommendations, this shall mean “premises to which the general public has access”.

Where the term “circulation space” is used in these administrative provisions and general guidance it shall mean “a space in a building that is used primarily for movement”.

3 For information about applicable European technical approvals, see EOTA's website http://www.eota.be concerning Valid ETAs.4 As regards transitional periods, the European Union's Official Journal refers from edition 2007/12 to the website in the European Commission's database NANDO http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=cpd.hs 5 Latest wording BFS 2011:26.

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When the term “cultural value” is used in these regulations, it shall mean the building’s technical, historical, cultural, environmental, artistic and architectural values.

A floor refers to a floor, a cellar, or an attic.Storey refers to the floor level in a storey.Basement floor refers to the floor of each part of a cellar that is delimited with

consecutive tiers of beams and exterior walls.Attic floor refers to the floor of an attic.Basement floor or attic floor can also be a storey.

General recommendationExamples of circulation spaces are corridors, halls, passages, ramps, stairways and communications areas within rooms.

The rooms or separable parts of the rooms of a building are subdivided as follows

– rooms or separable parts of rooms intended for people to stay in more than just temporarily are, for example, spaces for daily social interaction, the preparation of food, sleep and rest, and

– rooms or separable parts of rooms intended for people to stay in temporarily are, for example, rooms for the storage of foodstuffs in dwellings, rooms for personal hygiene, operational spaces, garages, circulation spaces, residential storerooms and conduits.

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2:322 Verification at the design and construction stages

General recommendationIt should be verified during the design phase that preconditions, design methods and calculations are appropriate and correctly applied and that they are correctly reported in the construction documents.

The developer should verify that materials and products have the required properties when they are received at the construction site. During this check, material and products should be

– identified,– examined, and– tested, unless they are construction products with assessed properties

in accordance with Section 1:4, or this is obviously unnecessary.Construction products with assessed properties in accordance with

Section 1:4 need not be tested further or checked with regard to the aspects covered by the assessment.

As regards construction products with assessed properties other than those that are type approved or have undergone an in-process inspection in accordance with the provisions in Chapter 8, Articles 22–23 of the PBA, it shall be ensured that the requirements laid down for the intended use are satisfied.

It should be verified that the work is carried out according to current planning documents. Anything that has not been verified at the design phase and that is important for the function of the building components should be verified during the performance of the work.

The results of the verifications conducted during the design phase should be documented, including any deviations from the design documents and

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measures taken as a result of these deviations, and other information relevant to the function of the finished building component.

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3:111 Requirements for sites and design requirements and technical property requirements for buildings

General recommendationSection 3:12 contains regulations and general recommendations on sites.

Sections 3:13 and 3:14 contain regulations and general recommendations for either the design requirements, the technical property requirements or both.

Requirements for sites and the design requirements for buildings are examined during the building permit process. The technical property requirements for buildings are dealt with in connection with the technical consultation and the start-up statement in the same way as the other technical property requirements.

The application areas in Sections 3:131 and 3:141 apply regardless of whether this involves regulations that are design requirements or technical property requirements for buildings.

Regulations and general recommendations for sites are found in Section 3:12.Regulations and general recommendations for the design requirements and the

technical property requirements are contained ina) Section 3:132 of the regulation, first paragraph,b) Section 3:142 of the regulation, first paragraph,c) Section 3:1422 of the regulation, first paragraph,d) Section 3:143 of the regulation, third paragraph,e) Section 3:1453 of the regulation,f) Section 3:147 andg) Section 3:148.Regulations and general recommendations only for the design requirements are

contained ina) Section 3:132 of the regulation, second paragraph, the general

recommendation, first paragraph,b) Section 3:142 of the regulation, second and third paragraphs, the general

recommendation, first and second paragraphs,c) Section 3:1422 of the regulation, second paragraph, the general

recommendation, first paragraph a–d,d) Section 3:143 of the regulation, first paragraph, the general

recommendation, first and second paragraphs,e) Section 3:144 of the regulation, first and fifth paragraphs, the general

recommendation, first and second paragraphs,f) Section 3:1452,g) Section 3:1453 the general recommendation, first paragraph and second

paragraph a, andh) Section 3:146 of the regulation, first, second and third paragraphs, the

general recommendation, first paragraph.Regulations and general recommendations only for the technical property

requirements are contained in

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a) Section 3:132 of the general recommendation, second, third and fourth paragraphs,

d) Section 3:142 of the regulation, fourth paragraph, the general recommendation, third, fourth and fifth paragraphs,

c) Section 3:1421,d) Section 3:1422 of the general recommendation, first paragraph e–f, second,

third and fourth paragraphs,e) Section 3:1423,f) Section 3:1424,g) Section 3:1425,h) Section 3:143 of the regulation, second paragraph, the general

recommendation third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth paragraphs,

i) Section 3:144 of the regulation, second, third and fourth paragraphs, the general recommendation, third, fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs,

j) Section 3:1451,k) Section 3:1453 the general recommendation, second paragraph b-d, andl) Section 3:146 of the regulation, fourth paragraph, the general

recommendation, second and third paragraphs.The definitions in Sections 3:112 and 3:113 apply regardless of whether this

involves regulations regarding sites or that are design requirements or technical property requirements for buildings respectively.

3:112 Terms and definitionsWhen the terms "accessible" "useable" or "accessibility" and "usability" are used in this section, it is "accessibility and usability for persons with impaired mobility or orientation capacity" that is meant.

General recommendationExamples of impaired mobility are impaired functionality in the arms, hands, trunk and legs as well as poor balance. Persons with impaired mobility may need to use a wheelchair, walking frame or stick.

Examples of impaired orientation capacity are impaired sight, hearing or cognitive ability (mental retardation, brain damage).

3:113 Design dimensions for wheelchairsWhen it is stated in this statute that sites, buildings or parts of buildings shall be accessible and useable, the measurements for electrically-operated wheelchairs for limited outdoor use (small outdoor wheelchairs) must be dimensioned and space to manoeuvre the wheelchair must be available. The measurements for manual or small electrically-operated wheelchairs for indoor use (indoor wheelchairs) must, however, be dimensioned for individual dwellings.

General recommendationThe turning measurements dimensioned that are suitable when assessing accessibility and usability for a small outdoor wheelchair is a circle with a diameter of 1.50 metres and, for an indoor wheelchair, a circle with a diameter of 1.30 metres.

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3:132 GeneralMain entrances to public premises, work premises and residential buildings shall be located and designed to ensure they are accessible and useable. Other entrances

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to public buildings, work premises and residential buildings shall also be accessible and useable if they need to meet the requirements for accessibility and usability. Accessible entrances shall be easy to identify.

For single family homes, accessibility to the building is satisfied if it is possible to subsequently arrange a ramp to the entrance on the site using simplemeasures.

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General recommendationIn addition to the main entrance, other entrances might need to be made accessible and useable, for instance in situations where the terrain or location of supplementary housing facilities would make the distance be too long, see also Section 3:23.

In order for an entrance to be easy to identify, it should bea) contrast marked, see also Section 3:1223, andb) well-lit, see also Section 3:1224.Orientation signs should be designed in accordance with Section 3:1225.Rules on ramps are contained in 3:1422.

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3:142 Entrances and circulation spacesEntrances and circulation spaces shall be accessible and useable by people with impaired mobility or orientation capacity.

Entrances and circulation spaces shall have enough room to manoeuvre a wheelchair and be designed to ensure that people who use wheelchairs can move around without needing help.

Entrances and circulation spaces must, where possible, be designed without differences in levels. Where changes in level cannot be avoided in circulation spaces, the changes shall be bridged by a ramp, lift or other lifting device and stairs.

It shall be possible to carry a person on a stretcher from individual dwellings.

General recommendationA circulation space should

a) have a clear width of at least 1.30 metres, although does not apply to stairs,

b) where there is a limited obstruction such as columns have a clear width of at least 0.80 metres,

For individual dwellings, there are suitable measurements for entrances and circulation spaces in SS 91 42 21 (the normal level).

in public buildings, a circulation space should be distinguished from furnished areas with, for example, lighting or different materials.

Rules about when transport by stretcher needs to be possible by lift are contained in Section 3:144.

Rules for the safe transport by stretcher are contained in Section 8:232.

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3:1422 Ramps in buildingsRamps shall be able to be used by people with impaired mobility.

The maximum slope shall be no more than 1:12.

General recommendationA ramp should

a) have at least a 2 metre long landing,b) have a height difference of up to 0.5 metres between landings,c) have a total difference in height of not more than 1.0 metres,d) have a clear width of at least 1.3 metres,e) be free from obstacles, andf) have a minimum of 40 mm run-off protection.A ramp must not slope by more than 1:12 in order to minimise the risk of

someone overbalancing. A ramp will be safer to use if it does not slope more than 1:20.

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Rules on lifts are contained in Section 3:144.Rules on stairs, balustrades and handrails are contained in Section 8:232.

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3:143 Doors and gatesAccessible and useable doors and gates shall be designed so as to allow passage by wheelchair and so that there is sufficient room to open and close the door or gate from the wheelchair. Other openings in the passageways shall also be designed to allow passage by wheelchair.

Accessible and useable doors and gates shall be designed so that they can be easily opened by persons with impaired mobility. Handles, control devices and locks shall be located and designed to ensure they can be used both by people with impaired mobility and people with impaired orientation capacity.

Revolving doors shall be supplemented with a door that can be used by people with impaired mobility or orientation capacity.

General recommendationThe clear passage dimension should be at least 0.80 metres when the door is opened at 90°, for

a) entrance doors,b) lift doors,c) corridor doors that are positioned perpendicular to the corridor's

longitudinal direction,d) openings in passageways,e) doors to sanitary rooms in public buildings that are to be useable for

persons with impaired mobility,f) doors to places of assembly, andg) doors to supplementary housing facilities.For doors in dwellings, suitable passage dimensions and appropriate

dimensions for service areas are contained in SS 91 42 21 (normal level).Rules for widths of escape routes are contained in Section 5:334.The Swedish Work Environment Authority also issues rules on doors in

work premises.Doors that shall be accessible and useful should be fitted with automatic

door openers if they have door closers or are heavy.For doors with automatic door openers, it is important to indicate the

space where the door opens, or to fit the doors with security sensors or the like.

Control devices for door openers should be placed with their centre 0.80 metres from the floor or ground and at least 0.70 metres, but preferably 1.0 metre from the corner or the front edge of the door leaf in the most adverse position.

Figure 3:143 Placement of control devices for door openers

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0,70 meter till 1,0 meter 0.70 metres to 1.0 metresControl devices should also be able to be handled by people with

reduced strength or reduced grip or precision capability.Rules on the appropriate design of thresholds are contained in Section

8:22.Examples of how the doors can be designed in respects other than

those that have been addressed in this general recommendation can be found in Handisam's Riv hindren – Riktlinjer för tillgänglighet. (Break the Barriers – Guidelines for accessibility.)

3:1446 Lifts and other lifting devicesWhen lifts or other lifting devices are required to make dwellings, workplaces and public buildings accessible and useable, at least one of them shall accommodate a person using a wheelchair and a helper.

A lift or other lifting device of this type shall also be designed to ensure that people with impaired mobility or orientation capacity are able to use it unaided.

Lifts and other lifting devices shall be designed to ensure that people with impaired mobility or orientation capacity can see when the car has stopped at a landing for entering and leaving.

Transport by stretcher in a lift shall be possible in residential buildings with more than four storeys.

An additional passenger lift shall be installed in buildings with more than 10 storeys.

General recommendationThe lifts and other lifting devices that are to be accessible and useable are regulated in Chapter 3, Articles 4 and 18 of the Planning and Building Ordinance.

Lifts complying with the requirements are included in SS-EN 81-70. Type 2 (1.1 x 1.4 metres) and 3 (2.0 x 1.4 metres) in SS-EN 81-70 meet the requirements for accessible and useable spaces in lifts.

SS-EN 81-70 also contains appropriate control and signal devices, where Annex G should be used for lifts in public buildings.

Further requirements for lifts used for the transport of persons with impaired mobility or orientation capacity are contained in the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's Regulations on lifts and certain other motorised devices (2011:12), H, Annex 5:1, Sections 1.2 and 1.6.1.

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Lifts complying with space requirements for accommodating a stretcher are contained in SS 763520 (1.1 x 2.1 metres).

There are also harmonised standards for platform lifts, SS-EN 81-40 and SS-EN 81-41.

3:1457 Accessibility and usability in public buildings

3:1451 Noise environmentIn public premises where persons with impaired orientation capacity depend on the noise environment to be able to take in important information, the noise environment shall be designed for good audibility, good speech intelligibility and good navigation.

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General recommendationThe requirement for good audibility, good speech intelligibility and good navigation applies to public areas in, for example,

– premises for public transport,– travel terminals,– premises for health and medical care,– assembly halls, and– reception areas.Examples of assembly halls are auditoriums, theatres, churches and

large conference rooms accommodating at least 50 people.A reverberation time of 0.6 seconds should be achieved, with the

exception of assembly halls, where the reverberation time may be up to 0.8 seconds. If the requirements in the regulation are met in some other manner, the reverberation time in large premises with a room height of more than 3.50 metres, may be up to 2.0 seconds.

The premises should be designed so that the background level equivalent sound pressure level LpAeq from technical installations, lifts or traffic other than own traffic amounts to a maximum of

– 30 dB in assembly halls,– 35 dB in reception areas and for premises for health and medical

care, and– 45 dB in other premises in accordance with the first paragraph.Own traffic refers to the traffic generated to achieve the premises'

function, e.g. buses and trains at a travel terminal or a railway station.If a loudspeaker system is used, speech intelligibility can be verified

in accordance with SS-EN 60268-16. The speech transmission index, STI, should exceed 0.60 throughout the entire premises and 0.70 in more than half of the premises.

The functionality of inductive loops can be verified in accordance with IEC 60118-4.

See Section 7 for a definition of reverberation time and equivalent sound pressure level.

Rule on protection against noise are contained in Section 7.

3:1452 Places of assemblyRestricted sections of cinemas, theatres, sports halls and other similar large places of assembly do not need to be fully accessible and useable for persons with impaired mobility. However, podiums and stages shall always be accessible and useable.

General recommendationPermanent locations for people who use wheelchairs should be integrated with other locations and provide the same opportunity to see and hear as other spectators.

3:1453 Accessible and useable toiletsWhere there are toilets for the public, at least one toilet shall be accessible and useable.

General recommendationIn public buildings that have more than one storey with toilets for the public, at least one toilet on each such storey should be accessible and useable.

The accessible and useable toilet should havea) a minimum dimension of 2.2 x 2.2 metres,b) properly designed and installed fittings and equipment,

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c) contrast markings, andd) security alarm.

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3:1468 Accessibility and usability in individual dwellings on a single storeyRooms, balconies, terraces and patios shall be accessible to and useable by people with impaired mobility. For terraces that supplement accessible and useable and well positioned balconies, accessibility and usability are ensured if it is possible to subsequently install a ramp in a simple way.

At least the door to the main entrance and at least one door to each room (including room for cooking and a sanitary room), balcony, terrace and patio shall allow passage by wheelchair. There shall be enough room to open and close doors from a wheelchair.

At least one sanitary room shall be accessible and useable for people with impaired mobility and be designed to ensure there is adequate room for a helper.

It shall also be possible to install a separate shower area if this has not been catered for from the start.

General recommendationDesign dimensions that are appropriate to accessibility and usability of rooms are contained in SS 91 42 21 (normal level).

Room for helper and separate shower can be arranged by removing a bathtub, for example.

Rules on the appropriate design of thresholds are contained in Section 8:22.

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3:211 Design requirements and technical property requirements respectively

General recommendationSection 3:2 contains mandatory provisions and general recommendations for either the design requirements, the technical property requirements or both.

The design requirements are considered during the building permit process and the technical property requirements are dealt with in connection with the technical consultation and the start-up statement in the same way as the other technical property requirements.

Regulations and general recommendations for the design requirements and the technical property requirements are contained in

a) Section 3:22 the general recommendation, second paragraph,b) Section 3:223 the general recommendation,c) Section 3:224 the regulation, fifth paragraph, andd) Section 3:226 the regulation, fifth paragraph.Regulations and general recommendations only for the design

requirements are contained ina) Section 3:22 the regulation, paragraph one, paragraph three, a, c–e, g–k

and paragraph four, the general recommendation paragraph one,b) Section 3:221 the regulation,c) Section 3:222,d) Section 3:223 the regulation,e) Section 3:224 the regulation, first and third paragraphs,f) Section 3:225 the regulation, first paragraph, the general

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g) Section 3:226 the regulation, first, second, third and sixth paragraphs, and

h) Section 3:23 the regulation, the general recommendation, first and second paragraphs.

Regulations and general recommendations only for the technical property requirements are contained in

a) Section 3:22 the regulation, second paragraph and third paragraph b, f and l, the general recommendation second, third and fourth paragraphs,

b) Section 3:221 the general recommendation,c) Section 3:224 the regulation, second and fourth paragraphs,d) Section 3:225 the regulation, second paragraph,e) Section 3:226 the regulation, fourth and seventh paragraphs, the

general recommendation, andf) Section 3:23 the general recommendation, third and fourth paragraphs.The definition in Section 3:212 applies regardless of whether design

requirements or technical property requirements are concerned.

3:212 Definitions

Cooking: Food preparation and food storage

3:22 General on the design of dwellingsDwellings shall be sized and laid out with consideration taken to their long-term use.

Dwellings shall also be fitted out and equipped with consideration taken to their long-term use.

The dwelling shall includea) at least one room for personal hygiene,b) fittings and equipment for personal hygiene,c) room or a separable part of the room for everyday social contact,d) room or a separable part of the room for sleep and rest,e) room or a separable part of the room for cooking,f) fittings and equipment for cooking,g) area for dining in or near the room for cooking,h) space for home working,i) space near the entrance with space for outdoor clothes, etc.,j) space for washing and drying laundry in machines if there is no

communal laundry room,k) space for storage, andl) fittings for storage.A separable part of the room shall have windows facing the open. A

separable part of a room shall be designed in such a way that, with its function retained, it can be separated by walls from the rest of the room.

General recommendationA balcony, patio or a similar space should be provided adjacent to the dwelling.

The design dimensions that are suitable for the design of the dwellings are contained in SS 91 42 21 (normal level).

Rules for supplementary housing facilities are contained in Section 3:23.

Rules on waste storage areas in dwellings are contained in Section 3:4.

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Rules concerning ventilation and daylight are contained in Sections 6:2 and 6:3, respectively.

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3:224 Dwellings for a group of residentsFor a group of residents, the individual dwelling rooms' areas for cooking and for everyday social contact and space for meals may be partially grouped into communal spaces.

For a group of residents, individual dwelling rooms' fittings and equipment for cooking may be partially grouped into communal spaces.

The communal spaces shall be large enough to ensure they can fully compensate for the limitations in the individual dwellings.

The communal spaces shall also be well enough equipped to ensure they can fully compensate for the limitations in the individual dwellings.

Section 3:224 does not apply to dwellings for people with disabilities specified in Article 9, Point 9 of the Act (1993:387) for Support and Service for people with Certain Functional Impairments, LSS, and Chapter 5, Article 7 of the Social Services Act (2001:453), SoL.

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3:226 Forms of dwelling for students and young peopleIn individual dwellings for students or young people with a BOA of not larger than 35 m, the room for everyday social contact, the room for sleep and rest, or the room with fittings and equipment for cooking do not need to be separable.

If dwellings for students have separable parts of rooms for cooking, the separable parts do not need to have windows facing the open.

For a group of students or young people, the individual dwellings' area with fittings and equipment for cooking and for everyday social contact and space for meals, or parts thereof, may be grouped into communal spaces.

For a group of students or young people, the individual dwellings' fittings and equipment for cooking, or parts thereof, may be grouped into communal spaces.

In cases where the room with fittings and equipment for cooking is shared, no more than 12 dwellings may share it.

The common areas shall be large enough to ensure they provide reasonable compensation for the limitations in the individual dwellings.

The communal spaces shall be large enough and adequately equipped to ensure they provide reasonable compensation for the limitations in the individual dwelling.

General recommendationThe interior length for cooking that is suitable for dwellings for only one student is contained in SS 91 42 21.

Rules on requirements for ventilation and daylight are contained in Sections 6:2 and 6:3.

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3:42 Layout of utility roomsUtility rooms shall be located and designed to ensure that the risk for accidents during usage, inspection and maintenance of the rooms and their installations are limited. Utility rooms and their installations shall also be located and designed to limit any risk to hygiene or health of users or neighbours is limited.

In the room there shall be adequate space for materials and equipment and for operation and maintenance work.

General recommendationIn utility rooms, there should be lighting and electrical outlets, and where appropriate waterproof flooring, hot water installation, floor gulley with evaporation protection, emergency lighting and permanent devices for handling of heavy installations.

If there is any risk of personal injuries, utility rooms should be lockable.

Doors to fan rooms should be hung to ensure they can be opened in the event of any excess pressure, i.e. at excess pressure in to the room and the under-pressure out from the room.

Rules for water and drainage installations are contained in Section 6:6.

Rules on areas requiring waterproof or water-repellent layers are contained in Section 6:533.

Rules on the design of lift areas and lift installations are also included in Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's mandatory provisions and general recommendations on lifts and other motorised devices (BFS 2011:12), H.

Rules on the design of utility rooms are also issued by the Swedish Work Environment Authority.

Examples of how the utility rooms can be designed are included in the HVAC installer's guidelines Rätt arbetsmiljö för montörer och driftpersonal (The correct working environment for HVAC installers and operational personnel).

Rules concerning manual handling and ergonomics are issued by the Swedish Work Environment Authority.

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3:519 Accessibility and usability for persons with impaired mobility or orientation capacity.In the application of Section 3:51, the corresponding division into design requirements and technical property requirements as stated in Section 3:111 applies.

3:51110 Accessibility and usability in buildingsIn connection with alterations, buildings shall comply with the accessibility and usability requirements set out in Section 3:1. The requirements may be satisfied by means other than set out there, on condition that the same level of accessibility and usability is achieved.

A departure from the levels may be accepted, however, if there are exceptional reasons relating to the scope of the alteration and the condition of the building. Rules on this can be found in this section and in Section 1:22.

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Rules on requirements for elevators in connection with alterations can be found in Section 3:513.

General recommendationThe fact that one of the requirements of Section 3:1 cannot be met in full, cannot be used as justification for dispensing with other requirements in Section 3:1.

A ramp, elevator or other lifting device should be installed in the entrances to apartment buildings, work premises and facilities to which the general public has access and which have level differences inside the main entrance door. One precondition is that there is enough space and that the installation is carried out so that the building’s cultural value can be retained.

Level differences between sanitary rooms and the space outside the door should be levelled. The floor level in sanitary rooms should not be raised if accessibility and usability is thereby impaired. In cases where the floor of the sanitary room needs to be raised locally to obtain an incline towards the floor drain, an exemption can be granted from the requirement for accessibility and usability in exceptional circumstances.

Important destinations in buildings and walkways, stairs and ramps, as well as control devices shall be easy to identify and find for people with impaired orientation capacity. This may be a matter of providing contrast markings.

Doors that shall be accessible and useable, and which do not meet the requirements in Section 3:143, should be broadened if there are no serious reasons for an exemption.

If public premises have one or more toilets for the public, at least one toilet should be accessible and useable.

The requirements for noise environment according to Section 3:1451 should be complied with if there are no serious reasons for an exemption. If it is not possible to comply with the requirements in the entire premises, for example, because there is not enough space for the quantity of absorbers, they should at least be complied with in parts of the premises.

Places of assembly and reception areas should be provided with inductive loops, IR systems or another technical solution to make them accessible and useable for persons with impaired hearing.

Sanitary rooms in apartments should be made as accessible and useable as possible. If it is not possible to move the walls, the toilet, washbasin, shower and bathtub should, as a minimum, be placed in relation to each other in accordance with Annex A in SS 91 42 21 (normal level).

Waste facilities should be accessible and useable.Special grounds for exemptions could be, for example, that– the measure could lead to an alteration of a particularly historic

building in accordance with Chapter 8, Article 13 of the Planning and Building Act, the floor needs to be raised locally in a sanitary room to ensure a slope to the floor gulley, and

– there is no room to widen the doors in dwellings.Further rules on accessibility and usability can be found in the

Swedish Board of Housing, Building and Planning’s regulations and general recommendations on removal of easily eliminated obstacles to and in premises to which the public has access and in public places, HIN.

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3:5211 The design of dwellingsIn the application of Section 03:52, the corresponding division into design requirements and technical property requirements as stated in Section 3:211 applies.

Dwellings shall be dimensioned, arranged, fitted out and equipped with regard to their long-term use. The requirement levels set out in Section 3:2 shall be pursued. Rules for altering buildings are also contained in Section 1:22.

General recommendationWhen all or parts of buildings acquire a new function, normally a higher level of requirements should be met than when the existing function is preserved.

For example, when attics, offices, schools or healthcare facilities are converted into dwellings, the requirements of Section 3:2 should be applied. The same applies when dwellings in Sections 3:224–3:226 or other special dwellings are converted into regular dwellings. If the alteration is carried out so that a historically important building can be given a new function, there may be major grounds for deviating from the requirements.

Floor plans and interiors in existing dwellings should not be altered simply because they do not fully meet all the requirements for construction of new housing, unless they apply to the availability and usability of the sanitary rooms, see Section 3:511(8) of the general recommendation.

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5 Safety in case of fire

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5:21412 Occupancy class 4 – Hotels etc.The occupancy class includes spaces where residents are not likely to have good local knowledge, but have the ability to make themselves safe and cannot be assumed to be awake.

General recommendationOccupancies covered by the provision are hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts, and other types of temporary housing.

Rules regarding safety in case of fire in hotels, hostels and similar facilities are issued by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency.

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5:23113 ClassesBuilding sections are classified depending on their function in the following classes:

– R load-bearing capacity,– RE load-bearing capacity and integrity (airtightness),– REI load-bearing capacity, integrity, and insulation,– E integrity,– EI integrity and insulation– EI1 or EI2 integrity and insulation for fire partition windows (that can

only be opened with tools, keys or similar) or for fire doors,– EW integrity and limited radiation.The denominations are followed by a time requirement: 15, 30, 45, 60, 90,

120, 180, 240 or 360 minutes. The classes can be combined with the supplementary denominations:

– M mechanical impact,– Sa or Sm smoke seals for doors,– C doors with door closers in one of the classes C1–C5

General recommendationThe significance of fire classes is indicated in SS-EN 13501, Parts 1–5.

Examples of class denominations: R 120, RE 60, REI 30, EI1 30, EI2 15/EW 30, EI 30, EI 60-C, E 15 and REI 60-M.

Rules on construction products with assessed properties are provided in Section 1:4.

The following classes are used for material, claddings and surface finishes where designations with index L refer to materials for pipes

– A1, A2, B, C, D, E– A1L, A2L, BL, CL, DL, EL

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– s1 the building section may emit a very limited amount of combustion gases.

– s2 the building section may emit a limited amount of combustion gases.– s3 no requirement on limited production of combustion gases.– d0 burning drops or particles may not issue from the building section– d1 burning drops or particles may issue in a limited amount.– d2 no requirement on limitation of burning drops and particles.Fire technical class E is the lowest class and is combined with

supplementary class d2 if no drop requirement is met.General recommendationExamples of class denominations: A1, A2-s1,d0, B-s1,d0, D-s2,d0, DL-s3,d0.

Floor covering A1fl, A2fl, Bfl, Cfl, Dfl, Efl.Class A1fl is the highest requirement and cannot be combined with any supplementary class. Classes A2fl, Bfl, Cfl, Dfl are always combined with one of the following supplementary classes:

– s1 the floor material may emit a limited amount of combustion gases.– s2 no requirement on limited production of combustion gases.Class Efl is the lowest class and is not combined with any supplementary

class.General recommendationExamples of class denominations: A1fl, Cfl-s1, Dfl-s1.

– Roof covering class BROOF (t2).– Covering of fire technical class K210/B-s1,d0.– Resistance to soot fire, class G.The class denomination and applicable supplementary classes shall as a

minimum correspond to the requirements indicated in this statute in order to meet the requirements and be permitted in each respective application.

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5:251214 Evacuation alarmEvacuation alarms shall be installed when this is a prerequisite for the design of fire protection. The evacuation alarm shall be designed based on the need of information such that persons occupying the building can be reached by information on suitable actions during evacuation.

Spaces in public premises that may be used by persons with impaired hearing without direct contact with other persons shall be equipped with complementary alarm devices so that the hearing-impaired and the deaf may be reached by warning signals in the event of fire or other danger.

For acoustic alarms, audibility shall be such that signals or messages can be perceived in the relevant parts of the building.

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Evacuation alarms can be activated manually or by automatic fire alarms. The evacuation alarm should issue signals directly both when activated with a manual alarm button or by an automatic fire alarm.

The design of the evacuation alarm based on the need of information should be carried out in accordance with that which is indicated in Section 5:35, for example with regard to when a spoken message or simpler signal can be used.

An example of spaces in public premises that should be equipped with complementary alarm devices is hygiene spaces. A complementary device refers for example to optical devices.

The volume of an evacuation alarm should be adapted to the surrounding volume of sound in the premises. Evacuation alarms used in residences in occupancy class 3 or premises and dwellings for sleeping persons in occupancy classes 4 and 5 should be placed such that volume of sound in a place for sleeping persons is at least 75 dB(A). The volume of sound for other premises should not be less than 65 dB(A) in places occupied more than temporarily by persons. The volume of sound should also be at least 10 dB(A) above the normal surrounding background level and should not be less than 115 dB(A) at a distance of one metre from the alarm device.

The evacuation alarm with spoken announcements can be verified according to SS-EN 54–16 and SS-EN 54–24. Speech intelligibility can be verified in accordance with SS-EN 60268-16. For a spoken announcement, an STI-value should be at least 0.55. The level of acoustic pressure should be at least 70 dB, but no less than 15 dB over the surroundings. A spoken evacuation message should be preceded by a distinctive audio signal. The message should be adapted to the premises in question and the activities carried out in it. The spoken message should clearly provide information on the situation and be repeated until the alarm has been reset. A proposal for a message may have the following wording:

1. Signal character 1 (immediate danger) in accordance with SS 31711 is emitted for 5 seconds.

2. “Important message. There is a fire situation in the building. Please leave the building through the nearest exit. Follow the instructions given by the management. Proceed to the out-of-doors and don’t block the exits.”

3. Signal character 1 (immediate danger) in accordance with SS 31711 is emitted for 5 seconds.

4. “Important message. There is a fire situation in the building. Please leave the building through the nearest exit. Follow the instructions given by the management and proceed to the outside. Don’t block the exits.”

5. The message is repeated from Point 1.Acoustic or optical alarm devices can be verified using SS-EN 54-3

or 54-23.An evacuation signal should continue until the alarm has been reset.

All alarm devices should be equipped with a sign that indicates the significance of the signal and a suggestion for suitable action. An example of text may be “evacuation alarm — leave the building immediately when the alarm sounds/flashes”. The sign should be designed with white text on a red background and be legible from standing level below or beside the alarm device.

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of faults in the wire network or power supply. An error signal should be designed such that it can be detected by persons in the building or at another location.

The design of alarm buttons for the manual activation of evacuation alarms can be verified in accordance with SS-EN 54-11. Such alarm buttons should be equipped with safety covers. Alarm buttons should be placed a maximum of 1.60 metres above the floor.

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5:33115 Walking distance to an escape route

General recommendationWalking distance to the nearest evacuation route or to another fire cell should not exceed the distances in Table 5:331. Distances to an evacuation route should be measured for the least favourable case. A walking route is considered congruent provided it does not need to be branched off to lead to different evacuation routes.

In a space that is protected by an automatic extinguishing system, walking distances can be increased by one-third. In an assembly room in occupancy class 2C that is protected by an automatic water sprinkling plant, walking distance can be calculated as for assembly rooms in occupancy class 2B.

If evacuation takes place through a window, the permissible walking distance to the window shall be reduced to one-third.

In measuring walking distance to an evacuation route, the following shall be considered:

– The route should be measured by assuming that the changes in direction during movement are perpendicular, Figure 5:331a.

– If the walking route to two evacuation routes that are independent of each other are partially or entirely congruent, the common part shall be counted as 2 times the actual length. In residences in occupancy class 3, offices in occupancy class 1 and garages, however, the common part shall only be counted as 1.5 times the actual length. These factors do not apply to a single evacuation route.

– If stairs form part of the walking route to an evacuation route, the stairs are calculated as corresponding to a horizontal walking distance that is four times the difference in levels. This does not apply to stairways to bleeches and stepsin a place of assembly in occupancy class 2, where the actual walking distance of the stair slope is calculated instead.

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5:33516 DoorsDoors that will be used for evacuation shall open outwards in the direction of evacuation and be easy to identify as exits. Doors opening inwards may only be used if the formation of queues cannot be expected to occur in front of the door. Other variants of doors may be used if they can provide corresponding safety as side-hung doors.

General recommendationThe doors should be placed such that they when open do not hinder evacuation for other persons.

The formation of queues is not expected to occur in– dwellings in occupancy class 3 and residential rooms in occupancy

class 4,– premises for a maximum of 30 persons where the persons have

knowledge of the surroundings, e.g. classrooms in occupancy class 2A, smaller offices and engineering industry in occupancy class 1 and entrance doors in residential buildings in occupancy class 3,

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conference rooms in occupancy class 1 or 2A, shops, banks, and dining premises in occupancy class 2A.

Automatically controlled horizontal or vertical sliding doors can be used if they also open in the event of the interruption of power or if they can be opened by pushing the door leaves outwards.

A manual horizontal sliding door can be used in the same situations as a door that opens inwards. In cases where the door requires any kind of mechanical assistance to be operated, this function must also work in the event of an interruption of power.

Rotating doors can be used if free passage with a minimum width in accordance with 5:334 can be achieved through automatic opening in the event of the interruption of power or if it is possible to open the door by pushing the door leaves outwards.

Doors that are to be used for evacuation shall be easy to open and pass through. Exceptions are given for spaces in occupancy class 5D.

General recommendationDoors should open without any greater previous knowledge of how this is to be done. If needed, it should be made clearly apparent how the door can be opened. Locked doors with delayed opening should not be used.

Doors should be able to be opened using a lever handle that is pushed downwards or by the door being opened outwards. Fittings for opening should be placed with their centre between 0.80 and 1.20 metres above the floor. The greatest force needed to open a door should be adapted to the type of opening device used.

– For handles, the vertical opening force should be less than 70 N. This applies, for example, to handles designed in accordance with SS-EN 179. The force required to push the door open should be less than 150 N.

– For push plates, the opening force should be less than 150 N. This applies, for example, to push plates designed in accordance with SS-EN 179.

– For larger opening devices, such as a full door leaf or automatic exit device, a greater opening force is accepted, however, no more than 220 N for the opening function and a maximum of 150 N for the continued opening of the door. This applies for example to panic evacuation fittings designed in accordance with SS-EN 1125.

Knobs can be used to unlock an otherwise locked door in premises for a maximum of 50 persons. Knobs that are used to also open the door (and also control the fall of the lever) should be avoided, as these are difficult to use. If a cap that covers the knob is used, the cap should be designed such that it can easily be forced by hand.

In some activities, in addition to occupancy class 2B and 2C, buttons for electrical opening can be used. In such cases, the button should be placed beside the door’s normal lever handle and be so big that it can be immediately identified as an opening button. The opening button should be placed with its centre between 0.80 and 1.20 metres above the floor. The opening button should be clearly marked with a sign that is at least 0.10 metres x 0.15 metres and is lit when persons are expected to use the door, i.e. also in the event of evacuation. The sign should display a suitable figure, e.g. a stylised key, and the text “Emergency opening” or similar. The door should be able to be opened also in the event of an interruption of power.

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Locked doors that only open with a signal from an automatic fire alarm should not be used, since evacuation may become necessary for a reason other than fire.

Premises, for example in occupancy classes 1 and 2, where doors intended for evacuation are kept locked at certain times, can have electrical control of all doors being unlocked during the time that person occupy the premises. In order for satisfactory evacuation to be able to take place, this control should be coordinated with some function that is important to operation, for example the main lighting. Interruption of power or other faults should not disable this control.

Doors in evacuation routes for evacuation through other premises should be equipped with devices that make it possible for persons to return after passing through. The same applies to doors to evacuation routes in occupancy classes 4, 5A, 5B and 5C, with the exception of guest rooms in occupancy class 4. Doors that lead to a safe location in the out-of-doors need not be equipped with such a device except in occupancy class 5A.

Rules on protection against slipping and tripping are contained in Section 8:22.

Rules concerning accessible and useable doors are contained in Section 3:143.

Doors that are to be used for evacuation and that can only be opened with a key can be used in spaces in occupancy classes 1 and 3 if the doors serve a small number of persons that may be expected to have access to the key.

General recommendationA small number of persons refers to a maximum of ten persons.

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5:35417 Occupancy Class 4Spaces in occupancy class 4 shall be equipped with devices for early detection and warning in the event of fire.

General recommendationIn buildings intended for at least nine guests or with at least five guest rooms, spaces in occupancy class 4 should be equipped with evacuation alarms that can be activated manually and with automatic fire alarms. Buildings with occupancy class 4 that are only at ground level and that have an exit directly to the out-of-doors from each guest room can be equipped with smoke detectors and manually activated evacuation alarms instead. There should be alarm buttons on every floor that are located in easily accessible places and in the reception area.

Buildings intended for fewer than nine guests and fewer than five guest rooms should be equipped with smoke detectors. Smoke detectors should be placed in each guest room.

Spaces in occupancy class 4 shall be equipped with guide markings for evacuation. Evacuation routes shall be equipped with emergency lighting. There shall be notices with an evacuation plan in each guest room.

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nature of the evacuation alarm, what the hotel guest is expected to do and be complemented by a drawing that shows the building’s evacuation routes. In buildings with at least nine guests or with at least five guest rooms, evacuation plans should be designed in accordance with SS 2875.

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5:422318 HearthsFireplaces for burning solid or liquid fuel shall be equipped with protection against the downward dispersion of fire such that ignition of the floor cannot take place due to spilling, embers or sparks.

General recommendationProtection against the downward dispersion of fire is provided if the floor covering or the fireplace floor is constructed in at least fire technical class A2-s1,d0.

If there is free space under the fireplace or the bottom of the fireplace, the fireplace floor should also include this space.

The fireplace floor for furnaces fuelled with solid fuel should be at least 2 metres in front of the side with the fireplace opening and at least 1 metre outside of the other parts. In the case of smaller, closed fireplaces, the fireplace floor should extend at least 0.3 metres in front of the fireplace and to at least 0.1 m on each side of the fireplace or have an addition of at least 0.2 metres on each side of the opening. For larger closed fireplaces (for example tile stoves), lateral extension can, however, be limited to the width of the fireplace opening with an addition of at least 0.2 metres on each side of the opening. For open fireplaces, the fireplace floor should be arranged such that the horizontal distance from the hearth’s centre to unprotected combustible floor is at least 1.0 metres. From a larger open hearth, the fireplace floor should also extend at least 0.3 metres in front of the fireplace. If the bottom of the fireplace is higher than 0.4 metres above the floor, the distance should be increased by half of the projecting height measurement.

The fireplace floor for the fireplace in premises in spaces in occupancy class 3 can consist of 0.7 mm steel plate. For such part of a fireplace floor that lies under the fireplace, sheet metal may only be used if there is an at least 50 mm free, ventilated space between the fireplace and the fireplace floor and if temperature conditions otherwise permit.

For other activities, the fireplace floor can consist of at least 50 mm concrete, brick or other material that meets the requirement on A2s1,d0 and partitioning function EI 30.

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5:42719 Separate boiler room

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class 1 that do not comprise an integrated part of industrial activities or similar.

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5:52120 Walls, ceilings, floors and fixturesMaterials in roofs, walls, floors, and fittings shall have such properties or form part of building parts in such a way that they:

– are difficult to ignite,– do not contribute to the rapid dispersion of fire,– do not rapidly develop great amounts of heat or combustion gas,– are not deformed by minor impact of fire so that danger may arise,– do not fall down or are otherwise changed so that the risk of personal

injury increases,– do not melt and drip outside of the immediate vicinity of the seat of the

fire.The level of requirement on materials depends on the amount of heat and

combustion gas that can be allowed to develop in the building.General recommendationMaterials with a lower fire technical class than D-s2,d0 should be protected against fire impact during the initial phase of the fire such that protection against fire corresponding to that of surface layers in fire technical class D-s2,d0 is achieved. In residences in occupancy class 3 and premises in occupancy classes 4 and 5, such materials in building parts should be protected by a covering in fire technical class K210/B-s1. Examples of materials that should be protected are combustible insulation, board material or similar in a lower fire technical class than D-s2,d0.

Except for evacuation routes and special premises in accordance with 5:522 and 5:523, the following surface layers should be chosen:

– In buildings in building class Br1, roof surfaces should have surface layers of fire technical class B-s1,d0, attached to materials of A2-s1,d0 or on covering in fire technical class K210/B-s1,d0. Wall surfaces should have a surface layer of at least fire technical class C-s2,d0.

– In buildings in building class Br2, roof surfaces should have surface layers of at least fire technical class C-s2,d0, attached to materials of A2-s1,d0 or on covering in fire technical class K210/B-s1,d0. Wall surfaces should have a surface layer of at least fire technical class D-s2,d0.

– In buildings in building class Br, roof and wall surfaces should have surface layers of at least fire technical class D-s2,d0.

– In tent buildings with a single layer of fabric material, roof and wall surfaces should have surface layers of at least fire technical class E.

For smaller building parts, surface layers can be designed in a lower fire technical class, but not lower than fire technical class D-s2,d0. Smaller building parts are such building parts whose total enclosed area is less than 20 % of the connected roof or wall. Examples of such smaller building parts may be door leaves, door and window frames, ceiling and floor mouldings, and beams. This does not, however, apply to pipe insulation.


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The same applies to rooms in cases where the surface layer does not affect evacuation safety in the building. The same applies to pipe insulation in such rooms. Theses may be smaller rooms of a maximum of 15 m2, for example hygiene rooms or saunas. Lift cages can be designed with a surface layer in fire technical class D-s2,d0 if the lift shaft is placed in a fire cell of its own.

5:52221 Walls and roofs in evacuation routesIn evacuation routes, walls and roofs shall be designed such that the development of a fire in the premises is not significantly contributed to by the roofs’ and walls’ surface layer.

General recommendationIn buildings in class Br1 and Br2, roof surfaces and wall surfaces in evacuation routes should have surface layers of at least fire technical class B-s1,d0. The surface layer should be attached to material in fire technical class A2-s1,d0 or on covering in at least fire technical class K210/B-s1,d0.

In buildings in class Br3, roof surfaces and wall surfaces should have surface layers according to the following:

a) Evacuation routes in occupancy class 4 and 5A should have surface layers of class B-s1,d0 on roof surfaces and at least class C-s2,d0 on wall surfaces. The surface layer should be attached to material of A2-s1,d0 or on covering in class K210/B-s1,d0.

b) Evacuation routes that are common to two or more residential flats or offices should have surface layers of class B-s1,d0 on roof surfaces and of at least class C-s2,d0 on wall surfaces.

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5:52322 Special premisesRoofs and walls in

– assembly rooms in occupancy classes 2B and 2C,– assembly rooms in occupancy classes 5A and 5C,– premises in occupancy class 6,– separate boiler rooms,– protected lobbies,– large garages not belonging to single family homes, and– catering kitchensshall be designed such that their surface layers only will contribute

negligibly to the development of a fire.General recommendationLarge garages mean garages larger than 50 m2.

Roof and wall surfaces should have surface layers of at least class B-s1,d0. The surface layer should be attached to material in class A2-s1,d0 or on covering in at least class K210/B-s1,d0.

Wall surfaces in spaces in occupancy class 5A and 5C and catering kitchens can be designed with surface layers of class C-s2,d0 attached to material of A2-s1,d0 or covering in class K210/B-s1,d0. Roof surfaces should have surface layers of class B-s1,d0 attached to material of A2-s1,d0 or covering in class K210/B-s1,d0.

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5:53123 Buildings in class Br1For buildings in class Br1, the dispersion of fire and combustion gases between fire cells shall be limited by partitioning constructions.

General recommendationPartitioning constructions in buildings in class Br1should be designed in at least the fire technical class indicated in Table 5:531.

Dimensioning fire load should be determined in accordance with the National Board of Housing, Building, and Planning’s Handbok om Brandbelastning.

Fire technical class according to first column (f ≤ 800) can be applied for spaces in occupancy classes 3 and 5B, spaces in occupancy class 4, offices in occupancy class 1, schools and food stores in occupancy classes 2A and 2B and also garages for private cars.

Table 5:531 Fire cell partitioning building parts in a building in class Br1

Building part Fire technical class at fire load f (MJ/m2)f ≤ 800 f ≤ 1 600 f > 1 600

Partitioning construction in general and tiers of beams above cellar

EI 60 EI 120 (EI 60*) EI 240 (EI 120*)

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5:54624 Occupancy Class 5BIn occupancy class 5B, the dispersion of fire and combustion gases shall be limited between residential flats by a partitioning construction. Spaces in occupancy class 5B shall be equipped with automatic extinguishing systems.

Doors to apartments may be designed without a door closer if a limited number of rooms connect to the communal spaces.

General recommendationResidential flats should comprise fire cells of their own and the partitioning construction should be designed in at least class EI 60.

Automatic extinguishing systems can be designed as residential sprinklers in accordance with Section 5:2522.

Communal connecting spaces can e.g. be hallways including day rooms and kitchens. Doors to apartments may be designed without a door closer if a maximum of eight apartments connect to these types of communal space. Partitioning constructions between connecting spaces should be designed in at least fire technical class E 15 with doors in class E 15-C.

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5:55125 Outer walls in buildings in class Br1Outer walls in buildings in class Br1 shall be designed such that

1. the partitioning function is maintained between fire cells,2. the dispersion of fire inside the wall is limited,3. the risk of the dispersion of fire along the surface of the façade is

limited,4. the risk of personal injury as a result of falling parts of the outer wall is

limited.General recommendationOuter wall constructions, which when tested in accordance with SS-EN 13501-2 with a fire impact in accordance with Chapter 4.2 (standard fire curve) meet applicable parts of the requirements in Section 5:531 on partitioning functions, meet the requirements in Item 1 of the regulation.

Outer walls that only contain material of at least class A2-s1,d0 or that are partitioned in such a way that a fire inside the wall is prevented from spreading beyond a partitioning construction meet the requirements in Item 2 of the regulation on protection against the dispersion of fire inside the wall.

Outer walls meet the requirements in Item 3 of the regulation if they are made in at least class A2-s1,d0. As an alternative, the requirements can be met with a façade cladding in at least class D-s2,d2 if one of the following conditions is met:

– the building has a maximum of two floors,– the covering, regardless of the height of the building, only covers

the bottom floor of the building,– the building has a maximum of eight floors and is equipped with

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– the building has a maximum of eight floors and combustible material of at least class D-s2,d2 cover a limited part of the façade surface.

Outer walls should be designed such that the requirement in Item 4 is met so that the risk of falling building parts such as broken glass, smaller pieces of plaster, and similar is limited.

Outer wall constructions that pass testing in accordance with SP FIRE 105, 5th edition with the below conditions meet Points 2, 3, and 4 of the regulation.

For outer walls in buildings with a maximum of eight floors, if it is shown in testing that:

a) no larger parts of the façade fall, e.g. large pieces of plaster, plates or sheets of glass, which can cause danger to evacuating persons or rescue staff,

b) the dispersion of fire in the surface layer and inside the wall are limited to the bottom edge of a window two floors above the room of the fire and

c) no outside flames occur that can ignite the eaves above the window two floors above the room of the fire. An equivalent criterion is that the gas temperature immediately below the eaves does not exceed 500 ºC during a continuous period of over 2 minutes or 450 ºC for more than 10 minutes.

For outer walls in buildings with more than eight floors, in testing, in addition to criteria a–c, the outer wall shall not increase the risk of the dispersion of fire to another fire cell on another floor above the room of the fire. As an equivalent criterion in testing in accordance with SP FIRE 105, 5th edition, the total heat flow in towards the façade in the centre of the window in the floor above the room of the fire shall not exceed 80 kW/m2

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5:55326 Windows in exterior wallsWindows that belong to different fire cells in the same building and that face each other or are placed above each other vertically shall be designed and placed such that the dispersion of fire between the fire cells is limited. Fire classified windows may only be able to be opened with tools, keys or similar.

General recommendationWindows, glass surfaces or equivalent that are located in relation to each other such that direct heat radiation from fire can take place from one window to another are encompassed by the requirements of the regulation.

Examples of designs that comply with the requirements of the above provision regarding prevention of the spread of fire are contained in Table 5:553. Thermal radiation is assumed to occur at right angles to, and up to an angle of 135° from, the plane of the window surface. If the angle in the inner corner is less than 60º, then that angle that which is indicated for opposite parallel outer walls applies.


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Table 5:553 Examples of a design of windows in outer walls that face each other or are placed above each other vertically. This applies between fire cells with requirements corresponding to EI 60 or lower.

Relative position Distance (m) between windows

Design, outer walls

Windows in opposite (parallel) outer walls

< 5.0 One window in class E 30 or both in E 15

≥ 5.0 – Windows in inner corners


≥ 2.0 –Windows placed above each other vertically


≥ 1.2 –

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5:73227 Smoke ventilationIn buildings in class Br1, stairwells shall be equipped with combustion gas ventilation or equivalent.

There shall furthermore be combustion gas ventilation or equivalent in each fire cell in an attic that is used as a storage space in buildings of more than four floors.

Combustion gas ventilation or equivalent shall be designed such that interior rescue efforts are facilitated.

General recommendationCombustion gas ventilation may be a smoke hatch or a mechanical fan.

Operating devices for the activation of smoke hatches, mechanical fans, or equivalent in stairwells should be placed in the bottom floor and should be designed to be able to be activated by the rescue service. If a smoke hatch is installed in a stairwell, the free (geometrical) area should be at least 1 m2 in buildings of a maximum of eight floors.

In stairwells, a solution corresponding to combustion gas ventilation may be windows that can be opened on at least every other floor. There should also be windows on the topmost floor. It should be possible to open all windows with a fire department key designed in accordance with SS 3654.

In attics, a solution corresponding to combustion gas ventilation may also be other openings such as windows or hatches that are easily opened from the outside or that are easy to break. The openings in the attic should have an area equivalent to at least 1 % of the storage space floor area and be evenly distributed.

Combustion gas ventilation or equivalent should be designed such that accumulation of combustion gases is limited and pressure relief is achieved.

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out-of-doors. In Br1 buildings, these should exist to such an extent that stairwells need not be used for the ventilation of combustion gases. For single family homes, smoke ventilation via an internal stairway can be regarded as fulfilling the regulation.

In buildings with more than one cellar floor, there should be separate combustion gas ventilation for each cellar floor. In these cases, it should be possible to operate combustion gas ventilation from the bottom floor and its control device should be equipped with a sign.

The openings should have an area equivalent to at least 0.5 % of the fire compartment's net area for a fire load of up to 800 MJ/m2. If the fire cell is equipped with an automatic water sprinkler plant, 0.1 % can be considered sufficient. The latter also applies in the case of a higher fire load than 800 MJ/m2.

Rules on the design of signage are found at the Work Environment Authority.

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5:73428 Rescue liftsIn buildings of more than 10 floors, there shall be at least one rescue lift. The lift may only be connected to other spaces by way of a fire safety lock. The lift shaft of the rescue lift shall constitute a fire cell of its own.

General recommendationThe rescue lift can be designed in accordance with SS-EN 81-72. The fire cells that are required in accordance with SS-EN 81-72 should be designed in the class that corresponds to that which applies to other fire cell partitioning parts. At least two rescue lifts should be installed if the floor’s area exceeds 900 m2.

The lift that is designed as a rescue lift should accommodate a stretcher as specified in 3:144.

Rules on lifts and other lifting devices are contained in Section 3:144 and in the regulations and general recommendations of the National Board of Housing, Building, and Planning on lifts and certain other motorised devices, (2011:12), H.

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Section 7 Protection against NoiseThis section contains mandatory provisions and general recommendations for Chapter 3, Article 13 of the Planning and Building Ordinance. Section 7:4 also contains mandatory provisions and general recommendations for Chapter 8, Article 7 of the Planning and Building Act.

7:1 GeneralBuildings that contain dwellings or non-residential premises in the form of residential care premises, preschools, leisure centres, classrooms in schools and rooms in work premises intended for office work, meetings and similar activities shall be designed to that the occurrence and spread of disturbing noise is limited, so that damage to human health can thus be avoided.

General recommendationRules on the noise environment for persons with impaired orientation capacity are contained in Section 3:145.

Rules on noise are also issued by the Swedish Work Environment Authority, National Board of Health and Welfare and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.

7:11 has been rescinded by (BFS 2013:xx).

7:12 DefinitionsDnT Sound level difference, a measurement of a building's capacity

to insulate an area against airborne sound from another space or from outside in accordance with SS-EN ISO 140-4. Standardised at 0.5 seconds reverberation time.

DnT,w,50 Weighted standardised sound level difference with spectrum adaptation term [dB], an abbreviated way of writing DnT,w + C50-

3150 in accordance with SS-EN ISO 717-1.DnT,w,100 Weighted standardised sound level difference [dB], an

abbreviated way of writing DnT,w + C in accordance with SS-EN ISO 717-1.

DnT,A,tr Weighted standardised sound level difference with spectrum adaptation term from mixed street traffic and suchlike [dB], an abbreviated way of writing Dls,nT,w + Ctr in accordance with SS-EN ISO 140-5 and SS-EN ISO 717-1.

L Sound pressure level, or abbreviated sound level, a measurement of noise in a building.

DnT,w,50 Weighted standardised impact sound level [dB], an abbreviated way of writing L´nT,w + CI,50-2500 in accordance with SS-EN ISO 717-2. If the adaptation term CI,50-2500 is negative it shall be set at zero.

LpAeq,nT A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level [dB], in accordance with SS-EN ISO 16032 during the period the noise occurs more than temporarily. Standardised at 0.5 seconds reverberation time.

LpAFmax,nT Maximum A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level with time weighting F (FAST) [dB], in accordance with SS-EN ISO 16032 for intermittent and more than temporarily occurring short-lived noise. Standardised at 0.5 seconds reverberation time.

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LpCeq C-weighted equivalent sound pressure level [dB], in accordance with SS-EN ISO 16032 during the period the noise occurs more than temporarily.

T Reverberation time, the time it takes for the noise level to reduce by 60 dB after the source of noise has been shut off. Refers to T20 in accordance with SS-EN ISO 3382-2.

7:2 Noise Conditions

7:21 DwellingsBuildings containing dwellings and their installations and lifts shall be designed so that noise from installations in the building, from adjacent premises and from the outside is attenuated. This shall be achieved to the extent required by the intended use and so that building residents are not disturbed by the noise.

The installations at the user's disposal and that do not affect noise levels in any other dwelling in the same building are not covered by the noise requirements, however.

If a noisy activity occurs adjacent to dwellings, special sound insulation measures shall be taken.

General recommendationThe second paragraph of the regulation may, for example, include noise from dishwashers and kitchen fans at full power.

The requirements in Sections 7:1 and 7:21 are normally met if the following general recommendations for dwellings are fulfilled.

Table 7:21a Lowest sound level difference and highest impact sound level respectively in dwellings where special sound insulation measures do not need to be taken.

Sound level difference

DnT,w,50 between spaces [dB]

Impact sound level LnT,w,50

in space [dB]

From space outside the dwelling to space inside the dwelling

52 56 1

In the following cases, the following applies, however:

from business and service activity and communal garage to dwelling

56 52

between dwellings, not directly connected, in special forms of dwelling for the elderly2

52 62

between dwellings in other means-tested special forms of dwelling where high noise levels occur2

56 56

from stairway and corridor to dwelling

52 62

from access balconies, stairways or corridors with a door or window to a space for sleep, rest or everyday social contact2

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from a common outdoors area, e.g. a balcony or terrace to dwelling

See Table 7.21c 62

1) From sanitary room and storeroom to a dwelling, the level may be departed from if it can be verified that structure-borne sound from installations does not exceed the values in Table 7.21b. The level may also be departed from when measuring the floor surface immediately inside the hall door (approximately 1 m2).

2) Airborne sound refers to DnT,w,100.3) Applies to a communal corridor that is separate from other spaces with

space for sleep and rest, e.g. in forms of accommodation for students and in special forms of accommodations for the elderly.

4) Applies from spaces outside dwelling where it could be assumed that there will be considerable pedestrian traffic and high levels of noise more than temporarily, e.g. at mailboxes or lifts.

It may be necessary to take special sound-insulating measures where dwellings are adjacent to noisy activities, e.g. laundry rooms or gyms. Low-frequency noise from compressors and fans will normally require special measures to insulate against structure-born and airborne noise.

Table 7:21b Greatest overall noise level in dwellings from installations and lifts

Equivalent sound pressure level,

LpAeq,nT / LpCeq [dB]

Maximum sound pressure level, LpAFmax,nT [dB]

Continuous broadband sound, e.g. from extractor units and radiators

in spaces for sleep and rest

30 / 50 1 35

in spaces for everyday social contact

30/- 35

in spaces for cooking or personal hygiene

35/- 40

Noise that contains clearly audible variations, impulses or tones, e.g. from lifts, WCs and washing machines

in spaces for sleep, rest or everyday social contact

25/- 35


30/- 40

1) Exceptions may be made if noise levels at frequency bands 31.5 Hz to 200 Hz in accordance with the National Board of Health and Welfare's rules are not exceeded.

Noise levels from adjacent activities, e.g. restaurants, shops and gyms regarding noise with impulses, tones or low-frequency sounds should not exceed LpAeq,nT = 25 dB in spaces for sleep, rest or everyday social contact. Sound insulation can be dimensioned through a calculation in accordance with SE-EN 12354, taking into consideration the noise levels in the activities in question.

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Table 7:21c Dimensioning of the building's sound insulation against external sound sources.

Equivalent sound pressure level from

traffic or another external sound

source,LpAeq,nT [dB] 2

Maximum sound

pressure level at night time, LpAFmax,nT [dB] 3

Sound insulation is determined on the basis of established noise levels outdoors so that the following noise levels indoors are not exceeded

1

in spaces for sleep, rest or everyday social contact

30 45


35 -

1) Dimensioning may be performed in a simplified fashion or in detail in accordance with SS-EN 12354-3. For noise from, for example, street traffic and railway traffic at low speeds, a simplified calculation may be performed with DnT,A,tr values for the building components. Detailed calculations weigh up the building components' insulation against noise at different frequencies taking into consideration the sound sources in question.

2) Refers to the dimensioned 24-hour equivalent sound pressure level. See the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's manual, Protection against Noise in Dwellings and Premises. For external noise sources other than traffic, the equivalent sound pressure levels for the periods when the noise sources are in operation more than temporarily are referred to.

3) Refers to dimensioned maximum sound pressure level, which can be assumed to occur more than temporarily over an average night. Night means the period from 22.00 to 06.00. Dimensioning shall be performed for the noisiest road vehicle, train and plane types as well as other external noise, e.g. from activities or loud voices and shouting so that the indicated value is not exceeded more than five times a night and never more than 10 dB.

Table 7:21d Longest reverberation time in multi-dwelling blocks

Space Reverberation time, T [s] 1

Stairway 1.5Corridor 1.01) Reverberation time refers to the highest value in the octave bands 500,

1 000 and 2 000 Hz.

If better noise conditions are desired than those indicated in the above tables, sound class A or B can be selected in accordance with SS 25267 for dwellings.

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premises and from the outside is attenuated. This shall be achieved to the extent required by the intended use and so that building residents are not disturbed by the noise.

The installations at the user's disposal and that do not affect noise levels in any other premises in the same building are not covered by the noise requirements, however.

In premises, the reverberation time shall be selected on the basis of what the purpose of the space requires.

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General recommendationThe requirements in Sections 7:1 and 7:22 are met if the construction-related requirements in sound class C in accordance with SS 25268 for the respective type of premises are met.

If better noise conditions are desired, sound classes A or B can be chosen in accordance with SS 25268 for premises.

7:3 Documentation and inspectionGeneral recommendationGeneral recommendations on documentation are contained in Section 2:1 and general recommendations on verification in Section 2:32.

Building acoustics documentation can be designed in accordance with the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's manual Protection against Noise in Dwellings and Premises.

Noise requirements can be verified with a combination of calculations and site inspections or measurements in the completed building. Also see the manual.

7:4 Requirement for noise protection when modifying buildings

7:4129 Noise ConditionsBuildings and their installations shall be designed in such a way that the incidence and propagation of disturbing noise is limited to avoid inconvenience to people's health. Rules for altering buildings are also contained in Section 1:22.

General recommendationIn order to achieve acceptable sound conditions, an acoustic survey of the building may be needed to be conducted before the selection of alteration measures. This review may include, for example, questionnaires for the residents to determine in which areas the potential problems are greatest.

The requirements for sound level and sound insulation that apply to new constructions in accordance with Section 7:2 shall be pursued.

General recommendationEspecially in rooms intended for sleeping and resting, it is essential to achieve good acoustic properties.

Reasons for conceding that the requirements are not met fully, could be if the extent of the noise-protection measures needs to be adapted to the cultural, architectural and aesthetic values of the building. From these perspectives, valuable fixtures should not normally need to be changed by sound insulation measures.

When modifying installations, it should be noted that this can also affect the sound conditions in parts of the building other than those directly affected by the modification. The installation may therefore need to be installed with extra care in order to reduce the nuisance caused by sounds coming from it. Penetrations in structures separating apartments should also be carried out with consideration for the acoustic properties.

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Rules on noise are also issued by the National Board of Health and Welfare and the Swedish Work Environment Authority.

Changes may not impair the acoustic properties of the building. However, they may deteriorate if they still meet the requirements of Section 7:2 after the change.

General recommendationChanges to a structure may impair its ability to reduce noise. For example, noise characteristics will deteriorate if floor insulation filling of heavier material is removed and replaced with a lighter material.

7:4230 Documentation and inspectionGeneral recommendationGeneral recommendations on documentation are contained in Section 2:1 and general recommendations on verification in Section 2:32.

Building acoustics documentation can be designed in accordance with the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's manual Protection against Noise in Dwellings and Premises.

Noise requirements can be verified with a combination of calculations and site inspections or measurements in the completed building. Also see the manual.


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9:231 DwellingsDwellings shall be designed to ensure

– the building's specific energy use,– the installed electric power rating for heating, and– the average thermal transmittance (Um) of the building envelope (Aom),do not exceed the values given in Tables 9:2a and 9:2b.

Table 9:2a Dwellings that have a heating method other than electric heating

Climate zone I IIThe building's specific energy use[kWh per m2 Atemp and year]

130 110

Average thermal transmittance[W/m2 K]

0.40 0.40

Table 9:2b Dwellings with electric heating

Climate zone I II IIIThe building's specific energy use [kWh per m2 Atemp and year]

95 75 55

Installed power rating for heating [kW]

5.5 5.0 4.5

+ supplement when Atemp is greater than 130 m2

0.035(Atemp – 130) 0.030(Atemp – 130) 0.025(Atemp – 130)

Average thermal transmittance [W/m2 K]

0.40 0.40 0.40

More electrical energy and a higher electric power rating than specified in Table 9:2b are acceptable if special circumstances exist.

General recommendationExamples of special conditions where more electrical energy and higher electrical output may be permitted include

– if geological or other conditions do not permit the installation of a heat pump and no other forms of heating such as district heating or biofuel are possible, or

– if the requirement for specific energy use is not possible to meet due to culturally and historically justified restrictions.

Under such conditions, the values in Table 9:2b shall not be exceeded by more than 20 %.

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or the buildings have the same owner. The same applies to properties within the same building for three-dimensional property registration.

If the building has a heating source other than electric heating, the electric energy to the electrical coolers for comfort cooling is to be multiplied by a factor of 3 when determining the building's specific energy use.

The building's specific energy use may be reduced by the energy from solar panels or solar cells located on the main building, outhouse or building site, to the extent that the building can make use of the energy.

For buildings containing both dwellings and premises the requirement for Um, specific energy use and installed electric power rating for heating are calculated in proportion to floor area (Atemp).

General recommendationThe requirements in Section 9:2 should be verified by calculating thepredicted specific energy use of the building and average thermaltransmittance at the design stage, and by measuring specific energy use in the finished building. Furthermore, for electrically heated buildings the installed power rating for heating should be calculated at the design stageand be verified in the finished building through the summation of power ratings.

Appropriate safety margins should be applied upon calculation of expected building-specific energy consumption such that the constraint on specific energy consumption of the building is complied with when the building has come into use. Calculations should be carried out based on the climate of the location, the intended indoor temperature, and normal consumption of domestic hot water and airing If the indoor temperature is unknown at the design stage, 22 °C can be used as the average indoor temperature for dwellings when performing energy and power calculation. Specific rules regarding thermal comfort are contained in Section 6:42.

Measurements of the building's energy use can be carried out inaccordance with Section 9:71. The building's energy use should be measured over a continuous period of 12 months, completed at the latest 24 months after the building is put in use. Reference year correction and any correction for deviations from the planned use of the building (indoor temperature, domestic hot water use, airing, etc.) should be included in a special investigation.

Verification of the building's specific energy use can be coordinated with an energy certification according to the Act (2006:985) on the energy certification of buildings.

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9:332 Non-residential premisesPremises shall be designed so that

– the building's specific energy use,– the installed electric power rating for heating, and– the average thermal transmittance (Um) of the building envelope (Aom),do not exceed the values indicated in Table 9:3a and 9:3b.


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Table 9:3a Premises that have a heating method other than electric heating

Climate zone I II IIIThe building's specific energy use [kWh per m2 Atemp and year]

120 100 80

+ supplement when the external air flow for increased hygiene reasons is greater than 0.35 l/s per m2 in the temperature-controlled area. Where qaverage is the average specific flow ofsupply air during the heating seasonand no more than1.00 [l/s per m2] must be taken into consideration in this calculation

110(qaverage-0.35) 90(qaverage-0.35) 70(qaverage-0.35)

Average thermal transmittance[W/m2 K]

0.60 0.60 0.60

Table 9:3b Premises with electric heating

Climate zone I II IIIThe building's specific energy use[kWh per m2 Atemp and year]

95 75 55

+ supplement when the external air flow for increased hygiene reasons is greater than 0.35 l/s per m2 in the temperature-controlled area. Where qaverage is the average specific flow of supply air during the heating season and no more than 1.00 [l/s per m2]must be taken into consideration in this calculation

65(qaverage-0.35) 55(qaverage-0.35) 45(qaverage-0.35)

Installed power rating for heating [kW]

5.5 5.0 4.5

+ supplement when Atemp is greater than 130 m2

0.035(Atemp – 130) 0.030(Atemp – 130) 0.025(Atemp – 130)

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Climate zone I II III+ supplement when the external air flow for extended continuous hygiene reasons is greater than 0.35 l/s per m2 in the temperature-controlled area. Where q is the maximum specific flow of supply air at DVUT

0.030(q-0.35)Atemp 0.026(q-0.35)Atemp 0.022(q-0.35)Atemp

Average thermal transmittance [W/m2 K]

0.60 0.60 0.60

More electrical energy and a higher electric power rating than specified in Table 9:3b are acceptable if special circumstances can be demonstrated.

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General recommendationExamples of special conditions where more electrical energy and higher electrical output may be permitted include

– if geological or other conditions do not permit the installation of a heat pump and no other forms of heating such as district heating or biofuel are possible, or

– if the requirement for specific energy use is not possible to meet due to culturally and historically justified restrictions.

Under such conditions, the values in Table 9:3b shall not be exceeded by more than 20 %, however.

If a building is supplied with heat or cold from another nearby building (or appliance), the heating source and cooling source (e.g. coolers or free cooling) for the receiving building is considered to be the same as for the supplying building, provided that the buildings are part of the same property or the buildings have the same owner. The same applies to properties within the same building for three-dimensional property registration.

If the building has a heating source other than electric heating, the electric energy to the electrical coolers for comfort cooling is to be multiplied by a factor of 3 when determining the building's specific energy use.

The building's specific energy use may be reduced by the energy from solar panels or solar cells located on the main building, outhouse or building site, to the extent that the building can make use of the energy.

For buildings containing both dwellings and premises the requirement for Um, specific energy use and installed electric power rating for heating are calculated in proportion to floor area (Atemp).

General recommendationThe requirements in Section 9:3 should be verified by calculating thepredicted specific energy use of the building and average thermaltransmittance at the design stage, and by measuring specific energy use in the finished building. Furthermore, for electrically heated buildings the installed power rating for heating should be calculated at the design stageand be verified in the finished building through the summation of power ratings.

Appropriate safety margins should be applied upon calculation of expected building-specific energy consumption such that the constraint on specific energy consumption of the building is complied with when the building has come into use. Calculations should be carried out based on the climate of the location, intended indoor temperature, normal consumption of domestic hot water, airing and additional heat from processes within the premises.

Measurements of the building's energy use can be carried out inaccordance with Section 9:71. The building's energy use should be measured over a continuous period of 12 months, completed at the latest 24 months after the building is put in use. Reference year correction and any correction for deviations from the planned use of the building (indoor temperature, domestic hot water use, airing, heat recovery from the processes in the room, etc.) should be included in a special investigation.

Verification of the building's specific energy use can be coordinated with an energy certification according to the Act (2006:985) on the energy certification of buildings.

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9:833 Classification of the building’s energy useGeneral recommendationShould the developer wish to set more stringent energy management requirements than those appearing in Tables 9:2a, 9:2b, 9:3a and 9:3b, this may be specified in a standardised way. In order for a building to be regarded as having low energy consumption, its specific energy consumption should be no more than 75 % of the applicable value in the tables above. Energy consumption may be regarded as very low if the building’s specific energy consumption is no more than 50 % of the applicable value in the tables.

Regardless of which energy class is selected, the developer must ensure that the energy class is satisfied. The municipality's enforcement in this context only covers the requirement levels shown in Tables 9:2a, 9:2b, 9:3a and 9:3b.

1. This statute34 comes into force on 1 July 2013.2. As regards Section 3:145 and Section 7 older provisions may be applied

to works thata) require a building permit and the application for a building permit is

received by the municipality before 1 July 2014,b) require notification and notification is received by the municipality

before 1 July 2014,c) require neither a building permit nor a notification and the work is

commenced before 1 July 2014.

On behalf of the National Board of Housing, Building and Planning

FIRST NAME, LAST NAME

First name, last name

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Annex 1

List of standards, etc. the Building Regulations refer toSIS, Swedish Standards InstitutePublicationnumber

Title Section in BBR

IEC 60118-4:2006 Hearing aids – Part 4: Induction loop systems for hearing aid purposes – Magnetic field strength

3:1451

ISO 6944-2 Fire containment - Elements of building construction - Part 2: Kitchen extract ducts

5:5332

SIS-CEN/TS 14816 Fixed firefighting systems - Water spray systems - Design, installation and maintenance

5:2521

SS 2875 Fire protection - Evacuation plans - Symbols

5:354

SS 3112 Firefighting equipment - Standpipe system for fire fighting

5:733

SS 3587 Door and window fittings - Child-proof devices for windows and French windows - Mechanical properties - Requirements and testing

8:231

SS 3654 Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Fire brigade panel and fire brigade key

5:732, 5:733

SS 24230 (2) Thermal insulation - Sheet metal constructions with thermal bridges - Calculation of thermal resistance

9:12

SS 24300-2 Energy performance of buildings - Part 2: Classification of energy use

9:8

SS 25267 Acoustics - Sound classification of spaces in buildings - Dwellings

7:21

SS 25268 Acoustics - Sound classification of spaces in buildings - Institutional premises, rooms for education, preschools and leisure-time centres, rooms for office work and hotels

7:22

SS 31711 Warning signals with sound and light 5:2512SS 763520 Lifts - Passenger lifts of classes I, II and III 3:144SS 831335 Roof safety - Snow fence - Functional

requirements8:2434

SS 831340 Roof safety - Ladders for vertical fixing - Functional requirements

5:353

SS 883001 Residential sprinkler systems - Design, installation and maintenance

5:2522

SS 883002 Residential sprinkler systems - Part 2: Requirements and test methods for sprinklers and their accompanying rosettes

5:2522

SS 91 42 01 Building design - Daylighting - Simplified method for checking required window glass area

6:322

SS 91 42 21 Building design - Housing - Interior dimensions

3:142, 3:143, 3:146, 3:22, 3:223, 3:226, 3:23, 3:511

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SS 92 36 21 Floor and wall surfaces in bathrooms - Determination of water tightness

6:5331

SS 437 01 46 Electrical installations in buildings - Connection points - Mode and range

8:21

SS-EN 54 Fire detection and fire alarm systems 5:2511SS-EN 54-3 Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part

3: Fire alarm devices - Sounders5:2512

SS-EN 54-7 Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part 7: Smoke detectors - Point detectors using scattered light, transmitted light or ionisation

5:2551

SS-EN 54-11 Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part 11: Manual call points

5:2512

SS-EN 54-16 Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part 16: Voice alarm control and indicating equipment

5:2512

SS-EN 54-21 Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part 21: Alarm transmission and fault warning routing equipment

5:2511

SS-EN 54-23 Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part 23: Fire alarm devices - Visual alarm devices

5:2512

SS-EN 54-24 Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Part 24: Components of voice alarm systems - Loudspeakers

5:2512

SS-EN 81-40 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Special lifts for the transport of persons and goods – Part 40: Stairlifts and inclined lifting platforms intended for persons with impaired mobility

3:144

SS-EN 81-41 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Special lifts for the transport of persons and goods – Part 41: Vertical lifting platforms intended for use by persons with impaired mobility

3:144

SS-EN 81-58 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Part 58: Landing doors fire resistance test

5:2311, 5:549

SS-EN 81-70 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications for passenger and good passengers lifts – Part 70: Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disability

3:144

SS-EN 81-72 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications for passenger and good passengers lifts – Part 72: Firefighters lifts

5:734

SS-EN 179 Building hardware - Emergency exit devices operated by a lever handle or push pad, for use on escape routes - Requirements and test methods

5:335, 5:352

SS-EN 303-2 Heating boilers – Part 2: Heating boilers with forced draught burners - Special requirements for boilers with atomizing oil burners

6:742

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SS-EN 303-5 Heating boilers – Part 5: Heating boilers for solid fuels, manually and automatically stoked, nominal heat output of up to 300 kW - Terminology, requirements, testing and marking

6:741

SS-EN 304 Heating boilers - Test code for heating boilers for atomizing oil burners

6:742

SS-EN 516 Prefabricated accessories for roofing - Installations for roof access - Walkways, treads and steps

8:241

SS-EN 671-1 Fixed firefighting systems – Hose systems - Part 1: Hose reels with semi-rigid hose

5:731

SS-EN 779:2012 Particulate air filters for general ventilation - Determination of the filtration performance

6:25, 6:924

SS-EN 858-2 Separator systems for light liquids (e.g. oil and petrol) - Part 2: Selection of nominal size, installation, operation and maintenance

6:641

SS-EN 1125 Building hardware - Panic exit devices operated by a horizontal bar, for use on escape routes - Requirements and test methods

5:335, 5:352

SS-EN 1176-1 Playground equipment and surfacing - Part 1: General safety requirements and test methods

8:93

SS-EN 1176-7 Playground equipment and surfacing - Part 7: Guidance on installation, inspection, maintenance and operation

8:93

SS-EN 1177 Impact attenuating playground surfacing - Determination of critical fall height

8:93

SS-EN 1443 Chimneys - General requirements 5:4251, 5:4256SS-EN 1717 Protection against pollution of potable

water in water installations and general requirements of devices to prevent pollution backflow

6:624

SS-EN 1825-2 Grease separators - Part 2: Selection of nominal size, installation, operation and maintenance

6:641

SS-EN 1838 Lighting applications - Emergency lighting 5:341, 5:343SS-EN 12056-1 Gravity drainage systems inside buildings -

Part 1: General and performance requirements

6:641, 6:642

SS-EN 12056-2 Gravity drainage systems inside buildings - Part 2: Sanitary pipework, layout and calculation

6:641, 6:72

SS-EN 12056-3 Gravity drainage systems inside buildings - Part 3: Roof drainage, layout and calculation

6:642

SS-EN 12097 Ventilation for buildings - Ductwork - Requirements for ductwork components to facilitate maintenance of ductwork systems

6:254

SS-EN 12101 Smoke and heat control systems 5:253SS-EN 12101-6 Smoke and heat control systems – Part 6:

Specification for pressure differential 5:256

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systems - KitsSS-EN 12150-2 Glass in building - Thermally toughened

soda lime silicate safety glass - Part 2: Evaluation of conformity/Product standard

8:353

SS-EN 12237 Ventilation for buildings - Ductwork - Strength and leakage of circular sheet metal ducts

6:255

SS-EN 12259 Fixed firefighting systems - Components for sprinkler and water spray systems

5:2521, 5:2522

SS-EN 12354 Building acoustics - Estimation of acoustic performance of building from the performance of elements

7:21

SS-EN 12354-3 Building acoustics - Estimation of acoustic performance of building from the performance of elements - Part 3: Airborne sound insulation against outdoor sound

7:21

SS-EN 12464-1 Light and lighting - Lighting of work places - Part 1: Indoor work places

6:321

SS-EN 12600 Glass in building - Pendulum test - Impact test method and classification for flat glass

8:35, 8:353

SS-EN 12809 Residential independent boilers fired by solid fuel - Nominal heat output up to 50 kW - Requirements and test methods

6:7411

SS-EN 12815 Residential cookers fired by solid fuel - Requirements and test methods

6:7411

SS-EN 12845 Fixed firefighting systems - Automatic sprinkler systems - Design, installation and maintenance

5:2521

SS-EN 12978 Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates - Safety devices for power operated doors and gates - Requirements and test methods

8:33, 8:94

SS-EN 13229 Inset appliances including open fires fired by solid fuels - Requirements and test methods

5:4221, 6:7411

SS-EN 13240 Room heaters fired by solid fuel - Requirements and test methods

5:4221, 6:7411

SS-EN 13241-1 Industrial, commercial and garage doors and gates - Product standard - Part 1: Products without fire resistance or smoke control characteristics

8:33, 8:94

SS-EN 13384-1 Chimneys - Thermal and fluid dynamic calculation methods - Part 1: Chimneys serving one appliance

5:4251, 5:426

SS-EN 13384-2 Chimneys - Thermal and fluid dynamic calculation methods - Part 2: Chimneys serving more than one heating appliance

5:4251, 5:426

SS-EN 13384-3 Chimneys - Thermal and fluid dynamic calculation methods - Part 3: Methods for the development of diagrams and tables for chimneys serving one heating appliance

5:4251

SS-EN 13501-1 Fire classification of construction products and building elements - Part 1: Classification using data from reaction to

5:231

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fire testsSS-EN 13501-2 Fire classification of construction products

and building elements - Part 2: Classification using data from fire resistance tests, excluding ventilation services

5:231, 5:2311, 5:551

SS-EN 13501-3 Fire classification of construction products and building elements - Part 3: Classification using data from fire resistance tests on products and elements used in building service installations: fire resisting ducts and fire dampers

5:231

SS-EN 13501-4 Fire classification of construction products and building elements - Part 4: Classification using data from fire resistance tests on components of smoke control systems

5:231

SS-EN 13501-5 Fire classification of construction products and building elements - Part 5: Classification using data from external fire exposure to roofs tests

5:231

SS-EN 13829 Thermal performance of buildings - Determination of air permeability of buildings - Fan pressurization method (ISO 9972:1996, modified)

6:531, 9:4

SS-EN 13845 Resilient floor coverings - Polyvinyl chloride floor coverings with particle based enhanced slip resistance - Specification

8:22

SS-EN 13893 Resilient, laminate and textile floor coverings - Measurement of dynamic coefficient of friction on dry floor surfaces

8:22

SS-EN 14449 Glass in building - Laminated glass and laminated safety glass - Evaluation of conformity/Product standard

8:353

SS-EN 14604 Smoke alarm devices 5:2513SS-EN 14785 Residential space heating appliances fired

by wood pellets - Requirements and test methods

6:7411

SS-EN 15287-1 Chimneys - Design, installation and commissioning of chimneys - Part 1: Chimneys for non-room sealed heating appliances

5:4221, 5:4251, 5:4255

SS-EN 15287-2 Chimneys - Design, installation and commissioning of chimneys - Part 2: Chimneys for room sealed appliances

5:4221, 5:4251, 5:4255

SS-EN 15650 Ventilation for buildings - fire dampers 5:2551SS-EN 15727 Ventilation for buildings - Ducts and

ductwork components, leakage classification and testing

6:255, 6:9245

SS-EN ISO 140-4 Acoustics - Measurement of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements - Part 4: Field measurements of airborne sound insulation between rooms (ISO 140-4:1998)

7:12

SS-EN ISO 140-5 Acoustics - Measurement of sound 7:12

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insulation in buildings and of building elements - Part 5: Field measurements of airborne sound insulation of façade elements and façades (ISO 140-5:1998)

SS-EN ISO 717-1 Acoustics - Rating of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements - Part 1: Airborne sound insulation (ISO 717-1:1996)

7:12

SS-EN ISO 717-2 Acoustics - Rating of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements - Part 2: Impact sound insulation (ISO 717-2:1996)

7:12

SS-EN ISO 1461 Hot dip galvanized coatings on fabricated iron and steel articles - Specifications and test methods

8:241

SS-EN ISO 3382-2 Acoustics - Measurement of room acoustic parameters - Part 2: Reverberation time in ordinary rooms (ISO 3382-2:2008)

7:12

SS-EN ISO 13732-1 Ergonomics of the thermal environment - Methods for the assessment of human responses to contact with surfaces - Part 1: Hot surfaces

8:41, 8:42

SS-EN ISO 13789:2007

Thermal performance of buildings - Transmission and ventilation heat transfer coefficients - Calculation method

9:12

SS-EN ISO 15927-5 Hygrothermal performance of buildings - Calculation and presentation of climatic data - Part 5: Data for design heat load for space heating

6:412, 9:12

SS-EN ISO 16032 Acoustics - Measurement of sound pressure level from service equipment in buildings - Engineering method (ISO 16032:2004)

7:12

Swedish Electro-technical StandardsSS-EN 60268-16 Sound system equipment - Part 16:

Objective rating of speech intelligibility by speech transmission index

3:1451, 5:2512

SS-EN 60335-2-24 Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-24: Particular requirements for refrigerating appliances, ice-cream appliances and ice makers

8:6

The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's Regulations and PublicationsPublicationnumber


BFS 2011:6 The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's Building Regulations (Mandatory Provisions and General Recommendations) BBR

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BFS 2011:10 The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's mandatory provisions and general recommendations on the application of European construction standards (Eurocodes), ECS

1:1, 2, 5, 5:111, 5:12, 5:721

BFS 2011:11 The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's mandatory provisions and general recommendations on efficiency requirements for new boilers powered by liquid or gaseous fuels, EVP

1:1, 6:742, 9:51

BFS 2011:12 The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's Regulations on lifts and certain other motorised devices, H

1:1, 2:51, 3:144, 3:42, 3:513, 5:337, 5:734, 8:33, 8:94

BFS 2011:13 The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's regulations and general recommendations on the removal of easily eliminated obstacles to and in premises to which the public has access and in public places, HIN

3:511, 7:2, 8:10:1

BFS 2011:16 The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's mandatory provisions on performance inspection of ventilation systems and certification of expert functional inspectors, OVK

1:1

BFS 2011:19 The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's mandatory provisions and general recommendations on type approval and production control, TYP

1:1

BFS 2011:27 The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's general recommendations on analytical design of fire protection for building, BBRAD

5, 5:112, 5:337

BFS 2012:7 The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's general recommendation on performance inspection of ventilation systems, OVKAR

1:1

Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning manual

Protection against Noise in Dwellings and PremisesISBN 978-91-86045-40-1

7:21, 7:3, 7:42


Building with the safety of children in mind - in buildings, on sites and in the outdoor environmentISBN 978-91-86559-98-4

8:11


Natural ventilationISBN 91-7147-166-9

6:9241


Fire loadISBN 978-91-86045-16-6

5:12, 5:233, 5:531

Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning report

Buildings for health and the environment – Criteria for healthy buildings and materialsISBN 91-7147-498-6

6:11

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Legislation and regulationsPublicationnumber


SFS 2011:338 The Planning and Building Ordinance, PBF 1:1, 1:2, 1:22, 1:221, 1:2233, 2, 2:322, 2:51, 3:1, 3:111, 3:144, 3:2, 3:211, 3:3, 3:4, 5, 6, 6:25, 6:924, 7, 8, 8:33, 9

SFS 2010:900 The Planning and Building Act, PBL 1:1, 1:2, 1:22, 1:221, 1:222, 1:223, 1:2233, 1:23, 1:4, 2, 2:322, 3:1, 3:111, 3:121, 3:131, 3:141, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 3:511, 3:512, 3:513, 3:514, 5, 6, 6:1, 6:951, 7, 8, 9, 9:91

SFS 2010:477 The Air Quality Ordinance 5:215, 6:22, 6:972

SFS 2006:985 The Energy Certification of Buildings Act 9:2, 9:3, 9:8, 9:91

SFS 2004:168 The Infectious Diseases Control Act 5:215SFS 2003:778 The Civil Protection Act, LSO 05:13SFS 2001:453 The Social Services Act, SoL 3:224, 3:225,

5:215SFS 1998:808 Swedish Environmental Code 6:1SFS 1998:603 The Enforcement of Closed Institutional

Youth Care Act, LSU5:215

SFS 1993:387 The Support and Service for Disabled Persons Act, LSS

3:224, 5:215

SFS 1993:1617 The Public Order Act 8:95SFS 1991:1129 The Forensic Psychiatric Care Act, LRV 5:215SFS 1991:1128 The Compulsory Psychiatric Care Act 5:215SFS 1990:52 The Special Provisions for the Care of

Young Persons Act, LVU5:215

SFS 1988:870 The Care of Abusers Act, LVM 5:215

EU legal actsPublication number Title Section in BBR98/34/EC Directive of the European Parliament and of

the Council of laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on information society services

85/C 136/01 Council Resolution on a new approach to technical harmonisation and standards

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Publication number Title Section in BBR(EC) No 765/2008 Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the

European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93

1:4, 1:42

OtherPublication number


AMA VVS & Kyl 09

General material and work description for HVAC and refrigeration works. Svensk Byggtjänst (Swedish Building Services). ISBN: 978-91-7333-393-1

6:255, 6:9245

EGN 11 The Swedish Gas Association's energy gas standards

6:743

Manual H3 Contaminants and emission conditions in the indoor environment: a manual on the occurrence of contaminants in indoor air and their impact on the wellbeing, comfort and health of people. Svenska Inneklimatinstitutet (The Swedish Indoor Climate Institute). ISBN 91-971262-8-4

6:11

NT CONS 018 Windows and French doors, child-resistant devices: strength and function, NORDTEST (1990)

8:231

NT VVS 047 Buildings – Ventilating Air: mean age of air 6:2522NT VVS 114 Indoor air quality: measurement of CO2 6:2522Publication R1 Guidelines for the specification of indoor

climate requirementsEnergi- och Miljötekniska Föreningen (The Swedish Association of Energy and Environmental Engineering), 2006ISBN 91-976271-0-0

6:22, 6:72, 6:922

RA 98 Hus Recommendations and directions on Houses AMA 98AB Svensk Byggtjänst, Stockholm 1998ISBN 978-91-7332-838-8

6:5333

SBF 110:6 Regulations for automatic fire alarm systems, SBF 110:6. The Swedish Fire Protection Association

5:2511

SBF 120 Rules for automatic water sprinkling systems. The Swedish Fire Protection Association

5:2521

SP FIRE 105 External wall assemblies and façade claddings – Reaction to fire

5:551

T9:2007 Methods for measuring the airflow in ventilation systems. The Swedish Research Council Formas.ISBN: 978-91-540-6001-6

6:255, 6:9245

TNC 95 Planning and Building Terms, 1994, 1st edition, the Swedish Centre for Terminology. ISBN 91-7196-095-3

1:6

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ByggaF – method for ensuring a damp-proof construction process. The Swedish Construction Federation

6:51, 6:95

Building and control engineering for small buildings.Byggutbildarna (Building Trainers), Föreningen Sveriges Byggnadsinspektörer (The Association of Swedish Building Inspectors) and Föreningen Sveriges byggnadsnämndssekreterare och bygglovsgranskare (Sweden's Building Permit Reviewers and Building Department Secretary Association)

6:51

Dampness Manual - practice and theory.AB Svensk Byggtjänst, ISBN 91-7333-156-2

6:25, 6:53, 6:5322

Compendiums Radon 1 and Radon 2. FunkiS 6:923Manual – Measuring moisture in concrete.The Swedish Construction Federation

6:5323

The Radon Book. Measures against radon in existing buildings. Formas. ISBN 9789154059874

6:923

The Radon Book – preventive measures in new buildings, Formas. ISBN 91-540-5926-7

6:23

Break the Barriers –Guidelines for accessibility, HANDISAM. ISBN 978-91-976601-2-6

3:143

The correct working environment for HVAC installers and operational personnel, Swedish Association of Plumbing and HVAC Contractors. ISBN 91-631-2394-0

3:42

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