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This technical note from AIVC aims to provide information on residential ventilation systems and how these can be applied to meet the conflicting needs for fresh air and minimised energy consumption.

The research in this thesis aims to provide information about the uncertainty attached to the prediction of thermal comfort in buildings, in the context of the specific case of a naturally ventilated office building.

The key objective of Precis was to evaluate the potential of renewable energies, including natural ventilation, in cities by exploring the relationships between urban form and energy/environmental performance.

The article describes the available techniques for sampling and analysing VOCs emitted by materials.

This report describes the actions which were operated since the end of 1999 for setting up the French Permanent Survey on Indoor Air Quality.

Describes the testing methods of filters intended to be used in ventilation systems, and their classification according to their performance.

Describes the new regulations concerning the energy efficiency of buildings and ventilation requirements that have been adopted for Ireland.

The focus of project Web has been the development of wind enhancement and integration techniques which improve the annual energy yield per installation by concentrating the low to moderate wind speeds (2-5 m/s).

The Solvent window was developed to improve visual and thermal comfort in sunny conditions. The glazing system realizes the conversion of short wave solar radiation to convective heat and long wave radiation.

The aim of this study was to define whether energy savings and comfortable conditions are achievable along with a reduction or even suppression of the mechanical cooling systems.Three different cooling systems (mechanical standard air conditioning, hybrid cooling, mechanical ventilation cooling) were simulated for a typical US office space under 40 different US climatic data, to calculate energy consumptions.