This International Standard provides an environmental survey method for the assessment of the comfort andwell-being of occupants of indoor and outdoor environments. It is not restricted to any particular environment,but provides the general principles that allow assessment and evaluation.It presents the principles for conducting an environmental survey to assess the comfort and well-being of peoplein environments. It gives guidance on the design of the survey, as well as on the environmental measurementsused to quantify the environment and the subjective assessment methods used to quantify the occupants'responses to that environment. It does not provide guidance on the design of subjective scales.It is applicable to built as well as other environments, including vehicle and outdoor environments, and to allthe occupants of those environments who can be considered as providing valid responses to an environmentalsurvey. There may be specific features of certain types of environment that have to be taken into account;however, the general principles it outlines will apply.This International Standard is not restricted to specific environmental components. It includes assessment ofthermal environments, the acoustic environment, the visual and lit environment, air quality and other environmentalfactors that could be considered to influence the comfort and well-being of the occupants of an environment.It is a basic ergonomics standard which can contribute to the development of standards concerned with specificenvironments such as those found in buildings. It is intended to be used by people involved in the generalassessment and evaluation of physical environments, including general ergonomics practitioners as well asthose who develop standards and guidelines for specific applications.NOTE The results of the environmental survey produced by the application of this International Standard may identifyspecific problems that require expert advice.