CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
OFFICE OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
MEMORANDUM
TO: All
Commissioners and Related Agencies
FROM: Loree
D. Jones, Managing Director
DATE: November
26,2007
SUBJECT: Indoor Thermal
Comfort Index
Effective immediately, the following policy shall be
observed to assure a comfortable
environment for all City employees working in City
owned or leased buildings.
The policy is applicable when office-type facilities
are outside the range of the following
conditions:
Relative
Humidity
|
Winter
Temperature
|
Summer
Temperature
|
30% |
68.5°F - 75.5°F |
74.0°F - 80.0°F |
40% |
68.0°F - 75.0°F |
73.5°F - 79.5°F |
50% |
68.0°F - 74.5°F |
73.0°F - 79.0°F |
60% |
67.5°F - 74.0°F |
72.5°F - 78.0°F |
Employees in buildings or areas of a building in
which one of the above conditions exist
shall be reassigned to other departmental locations.
In doing so, the department head or
designee must insure the reassigiunents are made
such that basic service delivery,
supervisory coverage and emergency services are
maintained. However, no employee
may be dismissed early due to temperature conditions
unless he or she uses approved
leave time, or the Managing Director has expressly
authorized the Department Head to
approve emergency leave.
It shall be the responsibility of the Department
Head or designee to notify the Managing
Director when such environmental conditions exist,
and to then immediately follow the
telephone call with a brief written description
of the reassignment(s). |
