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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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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.
Generating global energy management strategies: application to the CANOPEA building | 2013 | English
In this paper, the energy management system that has been developed for the CANOPEA building is detailed. It is based on a virtual represen-tation of the building system including envelope, do-mestic appliances and technical appliances.
By 2020 all new buildings within the European Union should reach nearly zero energy levels. Their energy needs should be significantly covered by renewable energy sources.
In this paper, the effect of the windows shading systems both on visual and thermal comfort and on the total building energy needs (for heating, cooling and artificial lighting) has been analyzed.
Weather normalization is a crucial step in building energy rating and retrofit measurements.
The reliable assessment of the annual energy demand has become necessary in view of building energy performance certification.
In this paper, dynamic simulation software (in this case, DesignBuilder) has been used to model and to simulate a typical 1960s UK social housing in order to examine the impact of retrofit, occupant behaviour and user lifestyle on energy pattern.
In the framework of the MEGAPICS project “method toward guarantee of solar cooling and heating system”, a simplified pre-design tool for designer and planner has been elaborated.
Today’s thermostat setpoint models naïvely assume fixed schedules, ignoring the reality of user control and its large variability.
OpenStudio development efforts have focused on providing application programming interfaces (APIs) that enable users to extend OpenStudio without compiling the open source libraries.
This paper focuses on the optimization of control strategies with regard to the end energy consumption and the thermal comfort of low-exergy systems for space heating in non-residential buildings.