Heat and work: what does the law say?
Air-conditioning of premises is very precisely defined in the French Labor Code.
If your company is located in premises with non-specific pollution, such as offices, where air pollution is linked solely to human presence and not to hazardous products, you are obliged to renew the air using mechanical ventilation (such as a mobile air freshener) if each employee has less than 15m3 while performing light physical work.
For more pronounced activity, mechanical ventilation is mandatory below 24m3 per person.
But the law goes even further, setting a minimum air flow rate. For premises that do not use hazardous products, it is 25m3/hour in offices with no physical effort (administrative work, computer work), 30m3 for sales or meeting rooms, 45m3 for workshops with light physical work and 60m3 for premises with intense physical work such as in an industrial warehouse.
Which is why it’s so important to choose the right air conditioning system to ensure optimum comfort for your employees and collaborators!
