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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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Failure to understand the principles appropriate to a particular roof makes it all too easy to introduce condensation problems, often serious ones. A distinction between surface condensation and interstitial condensation is made.
A simplified electric analogue method to analyse the thermal performance of naturally ventilated buildings is presented.
The article looks at the attitude of UK building regulations to ventilation, summarising sections F, G and H of the 1985 regulations.
The article discusses how far the builder is to blame for condensation and its subsequent problems of mould growth. The UK Building Regulations of 1985 for ventilation and condensation do not go far enough in discouraging inadequate forms of
Indoor air pollution is defined, and some of the causes are listed, all of which can be harmful to health.
A benchmark study by Geomet Technologies, Inc, is developing data on the air quality effects of weatherizing a home. One effort under this study has bee nhas been an experiment carefully designed to quantify the relationships between the thr
Indoor air pollution is particularly noticeable today, resulting from the improvement of ventilation in building envelopes in order to economise in heat energy, and the consequent reduction of fresh air entry, leading to poorer air quality.
Resulting from experiences of a project by the German National Energy Research Foundation (NEFF), and further investigations, a recommendation is presented on the permeability of building envelopes in residential buildings, according to on hand ve
Indoor air quality is regarded as the single most important health issue facing us in the 1980's. The total number of serious health effects related to IAQ in non- industrial buildings have been miniscule compared to the total building stock.
Air management in residential or tertiary usage buildings constitutes one of the key points of energy control in buildings.
Ventilation studies using small-scale water models have, especially in Norway gained new and important knowledge in industrial ventilation the last 15 years. The outcome has been twofold. First of all it has resulted inimportant experience
As measurements are essential for performance assessment, models are essential for design. Both empirical and rational models are being developed for predicting the effectiveness of ventilation for acceptable indoor air quality.
This paper presents a method for a more accurate calculation of air exchange in the mechanical ventilation of industrial halls with uniformly distributed heat load. The method has been developed on the basis of finding the relation between the
Tracer gas techniques, used for routine ventilation checks or trouble shooting are outlined with emphasis on their applicability in a variety of situations.
A multiple tracer gas method for following air movement in buildings has been developed and demonstrated at the Polytechnic of Central London. This paper describes the method and shows how it is being used to investigate: 1.
The tracer technique can be used in ventilation and contaminant spreading investigations. We have chosen sulphur hexafluoride. We have constructed aspecific instrumentation to perform indoor tests.
Effectiveness of ventilation as a major means of controlling indoor air quality was evaluated by correlating concentrations of gaseous (CO and CO2) and particulate (total) pollutants with two ventilation parameters.
The relationship between the observed concentration of air pollutants at points within a building and the characteristics of the ventilation system is examined, and a basic set of analytical expressions showing these relationships is presented.
This paper gives a presentation of the current research being carried out at NSIB with the aim of exploring the effectiveness of ventilation systems in controlling contaminant levels.