This standard applies to the planning and construction of ventilation and air conditioning devices (hereinafter referred to as HVACs) for laboratories in the industries, universities and institutes. It also applies to HVACs in scientific classrooms in schools in so far as these are equipped with an HVAC.
This standard does not stipulate, however, when laboratories or scientific classrooms in schools shall be equipped with an ACP. For this purpose superior bodies of rules and regulations apply that shall be taken into account. This standard only specifies the tasks of and requirements for HVAC systems.
This standard not only applies to laboratories in a narrower sense, but also to laboratory-ralated rooms in which work with hazardous substances is performed.