LoginAIVC's Ventilation Information Paper #48.1 summarizes current knowledge on trends in building ventilation requirements and inspection in Spain. More specifically, the paper aims to cover the following national trends:
Bibliographic database Airbase
AIRBASE is the Bibliographic Database of the AIVC. It contains publications and abstracts of articles related to energy efficient ventilation. Where possible, sufficient detail is supplied in the bibliographic details for users to trace and order the material via their own libraries. Topics include: ventilation strategies, design and retrofit methods, calculation techniques, standards and regulations, measurement methods, indoor air quality and energy implications etc. Entries are based on articles and reports published in journals, internal publications and research reports, produced both by university departments and by building research institutions throughout the world. AIRBASE has grown and evolved over many years (1979 to present day, over 22000 references and 16000 documents available online). For most of the references, the full document is also available online.
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The current trend in most Western countries regarding building ventilation is to follow the “build tight, ventilate right” strategy.
This report documents all key performance indicators (KPI)s developed in the framework of Annex 80, relevant for the Annex 80 deliverables. Their application may be more precisely defined in the guidelines of specific task groups or Subtasks of An
This IEA Annex 80 Subtask C report and the associated brochures provide examples of well-documented field studies.
The world is facing a rapid increase of air conditioning of buildings.
This report summarizes the structure and the outcomes of Annex 80 – Resilient Cooling of Build-ings, which was conducted as a five-year international research project within the IEA Technical Collaboration Programme EBC – Energy in Buildings and C
The world is facing a rapid increase of cooling of buildings.
AIVC's Ventilation Information Paper #45.12 summarizes current knowledge on trends in building and ductwork airtightness in USA.
AIVC's Ventilation Information Paper #45.11 summarizes current knowledge on trends in building and ductwork airtightness in New Zealand.
This midterm report sums up the developments of Annex 80 between October 2019 and July 2021.
AIVC's Ventilation Information Paper #45.10 summarizes current knowledge on trends in building and ductwork airtightness in the Republic of Korea.
AIVC's Ventilation Information Paper #45.9 summarizes current knowledge on trends in building and ductwork airtightness in Japan.
The AIVC (Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre), TightVent Europe (the building and ductwork airtightness platform) and venticool (the platf
AIVC's Ventilation Information Paper #47 gives guidance to perform a pressurization test in high-rise buildings and suggests new criteria to replace standard requirements when they cannot be met.
Many simplified models have been developed and are used around the world to estimate the infiltration rate for Energy Performance (EP) calculations, with different levels of accuracy, as described below.
By using natural driving forces, hybrid ventilation systems reduce fan energy consumption in buildings.
In many countries, the mixing ventilation system (hereinafter referred to as MV) is the most common and widely used system in office buildings for decades, even after the development of the displacement ventilation system (herei
The design heat load of buildings is composed of maximal heat losses via ventilation, infiltration and transmission. Ventilation control possibilities can have an impact on these maximal simultaneous ventilation losses.
It is no longer sustainable to look at the performance of buildings in isolation of people that use them. This paper examines what is involved in assessing how a building performs for people.
Comfortable heating of rooms with large areas of external glazing is one of the most challenging issues in cold climate zones. The rule of thumb, in this case is locating the heating unit under the window.