Heating standards in an apartment during the heating season

At the end of Indian summer, on the eve of the onset of cold weather, we begin to think with impatience about how to preserve such fragile and precious warmth in our homes. Cold outside, uncomfortable microclimate at home due to lack of heating, rapidly shrinking daylight hours - these and many other factors cause frequent colds and lack of sleep. Many negative phenomena for our well-being are associated with the usual inconsistency of the air temperature outside, with the temperature regime in living quarters and at work. We are trying, by looking at the thermometer inside the apartment, to remember what the temperature should be in a city apartment when the heating season begins.

A fairly low temperature in a house or apartment in the absence of heat outside is a frequent and familiar phenomenon, especially in the off-season. This situation is largely due to the weak thermal efficiency of apartment buildings, which were built in Soviet times and make up the lion's share of the housing stock in almost all settlements. The issue of saving energy resources was not as acute then as it is now.

What are the standards for heating in an apartment that exist today? What numbers do we have to focus on today, in what conditions should we live in our apartments? We will try to find an objective answer to these questions.

What is the real temperature should be in our apartments

In theory, in accordance with scientific calculations for many years, the temperature in our apartments should be at around 20-25 0 Celsius. From a medical point of view, it is generally accepted that each person has their own temperature threshold for comfort. One likes it when the apartment is only + 16-18 0 C, the other likes it when it is hot in the apartment and the thermometer shows 23-25 ​​0 C. In order to achieve a comfortable temperature regime inside the apartment, many factors must be taken into account, among which there are both technical and technological, and social.

One aspect that is critical to indoor temperature specifications is Sick Building Syndrome. The poor condition of utilities, the unsatisfactory condition of the technological premises and the main structural elements of the building can become the reasons for the decrease in the level of comfort in an apartment building.

The figure shows what effect is achieved from the insulation of the outer walls of the dwelling.

Important! In order to make your home comfortable, to create a cozy microclimate inside each room, you need to take care of the normal operation of the heating system in the house, provide yourself with additional sources of heating. In order to achieve the maximum effect, you need to accordingly prepare your apartment for the onset of cold weather. External insulation of panels, insulation of window and door openings are measures that increase the thermal efficiency of an apartment by 20-25%.

If we talk about the factors that affect the temperature in your home, then the following should be considered:

• climatic features of the area in which you live;
• the intensity of the change of seasons;
• age and personal preferences of the inhabitants of the apartment.

The norm of temperature in a living room in each region of our country is different. For the northern regions, the SanPiN (sanitary rules and norms) are one, for the middle zone and the southern regions are completely different. The climate is always different and this applies not only to air temperature, but also to the level of humidity in a given area, atmospheric pressure. For example, for more humid southern regions, temperature standards are higher.

The temperature indicators in the apartment are influenced by seasonality. For the middle zone of our country, the optimal temperature in a living room in winter is 19-22 0 C, in summer - 22-25 0 C. Despite the fact that the difference does not seem significant, even small changes in temperature affect the state of our body.

The main task of temperature control in residential premises is to create a comfort zone for the inhabitants of a city apartment. Human preferences do not always satisfy the medically correct temperature regime. Overheated, dry air, as well as excessively cool air in a living room, can negatively affect our condition.

For those families with a small child, the temperature in the apartment in winter should be stable. The optimal temperature regime for any room in this situation is 20-23 0 C. In the summer, these standards should be within the same limits. The main reason for this temperature balance is that young children, especially infants, do not naturally self-regulate their body temperature. The child either overheats quickly in a hot room or cools down quickly in a cool room.

Important! Large differences in temperature balance in different rooms should not be allowed.

The temperature standards in the apartment are established by the Rules for the Provision of Utilities, approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 354 of May 06, 2011.

On a note: These standards set a lower temperature limit of +18 0 С, while not a word is said about the upper limit. We choose the upper mark of the acceptable temperature ourselves, focusing on our own preferences and feelings.

We study the existing temperature standards for our apartment

Why is it cold in our apartment? There may be several true reasons for such a problem, not only a poor heating system is the main reason for the insufficiently comfortable temperature in the premises in winter. A cool microclimate in an apartment can arise due to the following aspects:

• discrepancy between the temperature and pressure of the coolant at the entrance to the house with the calculated parameters;
• poor permeability of utilities in the house;
• differences in SNiPs, in accordance with which in different years the construction of residential apartment buildings was carried out, the laying of engineering communications was carried out.

In the table you can see the temperature parameters, which are approved by the current SNiP 2.1.2 1002-00.

The temperature in the apartment

Evaluating the information obtained from the table, the following conclusion can be drawn.

In an ordinary city apartment, in ordinary rooms, the minimum temperature threshold in winter is set at around 18 0 C. Corner rooms should be heated somewhat better. In them, the temperature should not drop below 20 degrees Celsius. For the bathroom, the parameter is the highest +25 0 С.

To create such a temperature regime in an apartment, the standards for heating in a city apartment assume the temperature of district heating batteries at a level of: not less than 35 0 С and not more than 95 0 С. Ideally, the batteries in the apartment should have a temperature in the range of 50-70 0 С ...

Important! At night, slight fluctuations in temperature are allowed due to a sharp drop in the temperature of the atmospheric air.

SanPiN establishes a time frame under which an apartment may not be heated in winter - no more than 24 hours a month, while a one-time lack of heat in the batteries should not exceed 16 consecutive hours.

The official opinion of experts about the temperature standards for housing facilities that exist today can be seen by watching the proposed video.

The standards we looked at are a starting point for apartment building residents. On their basis, the optimal heating option in the apartment is developed, the normal operation of residential buildings and premises is maintained. If any of the above parameters does not correspond to the norm, you can safely contact the management company, the organization - the supplier of heat resources, the housing office or the housing inspectorate.