The industry is now focusing in system solutions and the goal is to be able to deliver complete reliable, energy efficient solutions that is understandable and easy to maintain by the normal service personal.
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
The effect of enhanced stove design on ‘real life’ exposure to PM2.5 and CO in rural dwellings in Salambu, Nepal | 2017 | English | 10 pp
About 3 billion people worldwide, and more than 90% in developing countries, are at risk of developing respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and cancer, due to exposure to household air pollution attributable to the combustion of solid biomass f
Impact of airtightness on the heat demand of passive houses in central European climate | 2017 | English | 10 pp
Excessive air leakage through the building envelope increases the infiltration heat loss and therefore lowers the energy efficiency.
Bulk airflow measurements in a large naturally ventilated atrium in a mild climate | 2017 | English | 9 pp
In recent years, concerns about global warming and greenhouse gas emissions have motivated designers to reduce building energy consumption through the implementation of passive solutions without compromising users’ thermal comfort.
Design and performance of ventilative cooling: a review of principals, strategies and components from International case studies | 2017 | English | 11 pp
Overheating is an unwanted consequence of modern building designs and internal gains that will be aggravated by the effects of climate change on local climates within urban and suburban areas.
A comparison study of the blower door and novel pulse technique on measuring enclosure airtightness in a controlled environment | 2017 | English | 10 pp
This paper introduces a comparison study of measuring the airtightness of a house sized test chamber using the novel pulse technique and the standard blower door method in a controlled environment.