Considerable emphasis has been placed on energy consumption management in the residential sector in France over the last twenty years, and a regulation device defining requirements of a substantial level was setup at the end of the eighties.
Describes local energy planning projects in France, urban and land use planning, siting regulations structural effects on energy demand, for an energy conscious urban planning and promoting and better integration of land use, land development and energy supply planning, the ADEME AEU experience in the North of France.
In the last fifteen years "Local Energy Planning" (LEP), has been developed in several countries as a means of designing energy efficient communities. Discussions show that there are widely differing opinions on the definition of LEP, depending on national or local supply structures or legal responsibilities of local administrations. Theobjective of an LEP project is to develop a conception to find environmentally acceptable cost effectiveness solutions for the supply of a defined area with (low temperature heating) energy.
Contains 23 papers as follows: Keynote Paper The art of ventilation; Use of natural ventilation; Variations in householders' window opening patterns; Avoiding condensation and mould growth in existing housing with minimum energy input; Ventilation rates in relation to emission of gases and vapours from building materials; Ventilation and internal air movements for summer and winter conditions; A comparison of alternate ventilation strategies; Ventilation and energy consumption.
This handbook gives a comprehensive explanation of the theoretical and practical aspects of measuring important parameters for understanding air infiltration and ventilation within buildings. Discussed parameters include: airtightness of the building envelope and its component leakage paths; air exchange rates within a building and with the external environment; efficiency of the ventilation system; flow rates in the ventilation network. It has been designed so that material suited to differing levels of expertise is readily accessible.
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