Metabolic Rate

Met typical tasks, [met]

pythermalcomfort.utilities.met_typical_tasks = {'Basketball': 6.3, 'Calisthenics': 3.5, 'Cooking': 1.8, 'Dancing': 3.4, 'Driving a car': 1.5, 'Driving, heavy vehicle': 3.2, 'Filing, seated': 1.2, 'Filing, standing': 1.4, 'Flying aircraft, combat': 2.4, 'Flying aircraft, routine': 1.2, 'Handling 100lb (45 kg) bags': 4.0, 'Heavy machine work': 4.0, 'House cleaning': 2.7, 'Lifting/packing': 2.1, 'Light machine work': 2.2, 'Pick and shovel work': 4.4, 'Reading, seated': 1.0, 'Reclining': 0.8, 'Seated, heavy limb movement': 2.2, 'Seated, quiet': 1.0, 'Sleeping': 0.7, 'Standing, relaxed': 1.2, 'Table sawing': 1.8, 'Tennis': 3.8, 'Typing': 1.1, 'Walking 2mph (3.2kmh)': 2.0, 'Walking 3mph (4.8kmh)': 2.6, 'Walking 4mph (6.4kmh)': 3.8, 'Walking about': 1.7, 'Wrestling': 7.8, 'Writing': 1.0}

Met values of typical tasks.

Example

from pythermalcomfort.utilities import met_typical_tasks

print(met_typical_tasks["Filing, standing"])
# 1.4