Notes on DIN277 2005-02

Tool(s): Area Calculation, Application + Finishing Surfaces + Room - parameters

DIN277 2005-02 valid from February 1, 2005

The new DIN 277 came into effect on February 1, 2005.

Compared with DIN 277-1:1987-06, you can find the following changes:

• ”Functional area (FA)” is renamed ”working area (WA)”.
• Areas under slopes up to/exceeding 1.50 m are no longer calculated separately.
• “Usable area" (UA) is no longer broken down into "usable floor area" (UFA) and "secondary usable area" (SUA). Both terms are combined into "usable area" (UA).
• Usable areas (UA) can be defined more precisely by occupancy groups: 1 (living and recreation), 2 (office work), 3 (production, manual and machine work, experiments), 4 (storing, distributing and selling), 5 (education, training and culture), 6 (nursing) and 7 (other usable areas). UFA 1-6 in DIN277 1987-06 is equivalent to UA 1-6; SUA is equivalent to UA 7.

Entering DIN277 attributes

• The DIN277 attributes area provides the Occupancy type... button. Click this button to assign occupancy types based on DIN277 2005-02 or DIN277 2016-01.
• The QuickSelect area attributes area offers only occupancy types based on DIN277 2016-01. Just click the relevant area attributes to assign them.

DIN277, Floor Area tab

Analyzing DIN277 attributes

You can analyze DIN277 attributes using Area Calculation, Application.

• In the User Interaction area of reports, you can choose to analyze the data based on DIN277 2016-01 or DIN277 2005-02.
• In the Type of area calculation area, you can calculate the overall area based on DIN277 2005-02. If you want to use DIN277 1987-06, select the Simple height division with factors option.