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Building Biology SBM-2024 AC magnetic field bands

Sleeping-area grades at 50/60 Hz: below 0.2 mG no anomaly, 0.2–1 mG weak, 1–5 mG strong, above 5 mG extreme.

Precautionarysensitivepower frequency and harmonics

Last verified 12 August 2026.

Limit value
0.2–5 mGPrecautionary value — not law anywhere — Equivalent in nT: <20 / 20–100 / 100–500 / >500. Harmonics from ~2 kHz to 1 MHz are graded more severely, by a factor of roughly 10–100.sources: sbm-2024
Quantity
magnetic flux density
Frequency band
power frequency and harmonics
Population
sensitive
Set by
Building Biology SBM-2024 evaluation guidelines (2024)
Kind
Precautionary — not law anywhere

Sources

  1. sbm-2024 Building Biology Evaluation Guidelines for Sleeping Areas (SBM-2024) Institut für Baubiologie + Nachhaltigkeit (IBN), 2024. ngo, link checked 2026-08-12.

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