LoginNatural ventilation (NV) is an efficient way of cooling buildings, and its energy saving potentials however depend on many parameters including local hourly weather and climate conditions, types of ventilations, indoor cooling loads (or heat gains
38th AIVC - 6th TightVent - 4th venticool Conference - Nottingham, UK - 13-14 September 2017
The 38th AIVC Conference "Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings", was held in Nottingham, UK, 13-14 September 2017. Contains 113 papers and summaries.
Volume content
Evaluating natural ventilation cooling potentials during early building designs | 2017 | English | 9 pp
Existing protocols for the inspection of mechanical residential systems poorly address both the assessment of uncertainties and recommendations or specifications for measurement methods and devices to be used to guarantee low measurement uncertain
Thermal performance of ventilated solar collector with energy storage containing phase change material | 2017 | English | 10 pp
This paper presents a ventilated solar collector with energy storage of fins containing Phase Change Material (PCM) in the air cavity and investigates its thermal performance.
Impact of ductwork airtightness on fan energy use: calculation model and test case | 2017 | English | 14 pp
This paper proposes a methodology to assess fan energy use savings when improving ductwork airtightness. This methodology is based on new standard FprEN 16798-5-1:2016.
Methodology for the characterization of the envelope airtightness of the existing housing stock in Spain | 2017 | English | 10 pp
It has already been proved that air leakage causes a great impact in the energy performance of buildings in cold climates. In recent years, many studies have been carried out in northern Europe, US and Canada.
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Air Distribution in a Large Space | 2017 | English | 10 pp
A literature review has revealed that there is a very limited number of numerical or experimental studies of the air flow for mechanically ventilated large occupied rooms.