Apartment buildings are the most common type of residence in Korea, but since the 1970s it was difficult to supply fresh air due to airtight exterior walls that were constructed with energy conservation in mind.
Ventilation Information Papers
Ventilation Information Papers (VIP) are a series of typically short AIVC publications (in most cases 6 to 10 pages) intended for giving a basic knowledge of some aspects related to the air infiltration and/or the ventilation.
Volume content
VIP 26: Trends in the Korean building ventilation market and drivers for changes | 2008 | English | 11 pp
VIP 25: Trends in the Japanese building ventilation market and drivers for changes | 2008 | English | 16 pp
Technology in building physics and mechanical engineering for building ventilation may not be totally new area and must have rather long history and much knowledge accumulation of their own.
VIP 24: Trends in the Polish building ventilation market and drivers for changes | 2008 | English | 9 pp
The Polish ventilation market is changing rapidly.
VIP 23: Trends in the Brazilian building ventilation market and drivers for changes | 2008 | English | 4 pp
The paper presents an overview on building ventilation, indoor air quality and energy requirements in Brazil.
Regulations, standards and market practices are reviewed.
VIP 22: Trends in the US building ventilation market and drivers for changes | 2008 | English | 7 pp
The residential ventilation market is changing rapidly in the United States.
Dwellings are going from having no designed ventilation systems to have to meet specific requirements.
VIP 21: Trends in the Norwegian building ventilation market and drivers for changes | 2008 | English | 7 pp
IAQ and ventilation is given rather high attention in the Norwegian building industry.
The new energy demands, basically an implementation of the EPBD, are a major driver for change.