Airbase

AIRBASE is the Bibliographic Database of the AIVC. It contains publications and abstracts of articles related to energy efficient ventilation. Where possible, sufficient detail is supplied in the bibliographic details for users to trace and order the material via their own libraries. Topics include: ventilation strategies, design and retrofit methods, calculation techniques, standards and regulations, measurement methods, indoor air quality and energy implications etc. Entries are based on articles and reports published in journals, internal publications and research reports, produced both by university departments and by building research institutions throughout the world. AIRBASE has grown and evolved over many years (1979 to present day, over 22000 references and 16000 documents available online). For most of the references, the full document is also available online.

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Measures air exchange across open cold store doors using an anemometer and by tracer decay methods. Anemometer results show that an empirical factor of 0.68 should be applied to the predictive equation by Tamm.
Pham Q.T. Oliver D.W.
Describes a simple, inexpensive sampling technique for infiltration measurement using SF6 tracer gas. Uses pre-evacuated blood collecting test tubes with rubber stoppers for sampling.
Pham Q.T. Oliver D.W.
Notes that there is currently no generally accepted term for the efficiency of a system in terms of pollution removal. Different proposals have been suggested.
Sandberg M.
Reports on conference arranged by AIC where main topic was different building standards in different countries. Discusses condensation problems in UK housing and frequency of toxic gases in Scandinavian housing.
Hestad T.
Performs an investigation concerning the operation of ventilation systems in an old building (a museum) after extensive repairs have been made. The new ventilation system is a supply and exhaust type.
Saarnio P.
A supplement to an earlier aricle. Notes that the trend to airtight windows has altered the order of importance of the factors which influence air flow in buildings.
Anon
Treats laboratory and field investigations indicating the danger to health of non-smokers of inhaling tobacco smoke (passive smoking),to the extent that measures to protect the passive smoker are recommended at 1.5 ppm of carbon monoxide concentra
Weber A.
Describes a programme undertaken by the AIC to validate mathematical models of air infiltration. Uses experimental data to assess the reliability and full range of applicability of air infiltration models, and to identify key parameters that
Liddament M.W.
Studies the predictive accuracies of infiltration-pressurization correlation models by subjecting a group of identical homes in Freehold NJ to both pressurization and tracer gas measurements of infiltration.
Persily A.K. Linteris G.T.
Investigates the reliability of the single-room infiltration model used in the computer program ENCORE. Compares calculated air change rates with tracer gas (N2O) measurements in 25 identical one and a half storey detached houses.
Uvslokk S.
Correlates hourly infiltration in 3 adjacent unoccupied test houses to determine the relative contribution of wind and stack effects.
Wilson D.J. Pittman W.
The concept of age, or residence time is applicable to characterize both how the supplied air or a contaminant is spread within an enclosed space and how quickly a contaminant is removed.
Sandberg M.
Uses a two-zone model to describe the concept of and to define the effectiveness of ventilation. Deals with multiroom aspects and procedures for measuring ventilation effectiveness.
Skaret E. Mathisen H.M.
Air change rate is often reported as a single number, with no attention paid to different values of air change rate in different zones of a building.
Maldonado E.A.B. Woods J.E.
Describes a series of experiments to determine the ventilation performance of 2 different models of wall or window mounted heat exchangers.
Offermann F.J. Fisk W.J. Grimsrud D.T. Pedersen B. Revzan K.L.
Looks at ventilation requirements for both odour and physical acceptability and pays particular attention to the differences between smoking and non smoking occupancy in an environmental chamber.
Leaderer B.P. Cain W.S.
Compares measured hourly data on indoor humidity with data obtained by calculative values for NBS Houston test houses and for the high mass test building in an environmental chamber.
Kusuda T.
Data collected in a LBL study on ventilation in four public buildings includes sensory evaluations of indoor environment and of physical and chemical properties of indoor air.
Dravnieks A.

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