LoginGrowing interest towards carbon neutrality have led to the proliferation of carbon footprint calculators (both online and software) to aid building professionals in quantifying the carbon impact of buildings.
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 presented work is devoted to the analysis of thermal comfort indexes in highly glazed buildings under different weather conditions.
Earth-air heat exchangers can be considered as one of the current responses to the problem of rational use of energy and comfort in buildings.
This paper describes the California Simulation Engine (CSE), a public domain, multi-zone, short-time step, detailed annual building simulation application developed to support the 2013 California Title 24 residential energy standards.
Considerable progress has been made in the field of building simulation for combined heat, air and mass transfer processes occurring in the indoor environment, yet concerns persist over the reliability and suitability of moisture property data int
Weather normalization is a crucial step in building energy rating and retrofit measurements.
Climate change and rising energy costs necessitate a shift in how buildings that efficiently provide comfort are envisioned.
At the Passivhaus of Cherasco, located in Pianura Padana (Italy), an earth to air heat exchanger (EAHE) and natural night ventilation (in summer) are used to deliver comfort conditions with very low energy consumption.
The quality of a residential complex is based on numerous factors such as their access, privacy, legibility, appearance.
Integrating individual building models into carbon projections for large portfolios | 2013 | English
This paper examines the creation of a new simulation tool designed to integrate the results of energy consumption models into the carbon projections for large portfolios of buildings.
The inherent feature of fixed inner volume ratio of the scroll compressor causes large degradation of the compressor’s indicated efficiency when the inner compression ratio mismatches with the system compression ratio under the off-design conditio
This research focuses on design optimization of horizontal roof apertures known as skylights in office buildings.
A new methology using agent-based modeling for human behavior simulation is presented. This approach aims to address the limitations and/or challenges of dealing with behavioral components in existing building simulation programs.
Designing Net Zero Energy Buildings (Net ZEB) requires extensive work to identify a suitable combination of energy efficiency measures and energy generation technologies that will enable a building to satisfy its annual energy needs.
To produce a realistic building reference’s model, in order to work on a retrofitting project, input data have to be chosen with the field’s information. The present work concerns French residential buildings of the pre-world-war-II family.
This article presents a comparison between experimental and numerical results in terms of coupled hygrothermal behavior. The measurements were taken on an experimental wooden-frame house located in France.