LoginConsiders the reasons for advocating mechanical domestic ventilation. Discusses which factors provide for an optimum climate in rooms. Treats room temperature, air movement in the occupied zone, air purity and humidity, odours, noise.
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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Makes general suggestions for future buildings and their ventilation methods with the aim of creating improvements to avoid the faulty design of the 1960's with their high energy consumption.
Very little quantative information is available for the amount of air infiltraton in New Zealand houses, but recent measurements by the New Zealand Meteorological Service indicate greater rates in windy conditions then in North America.A tracer ga
The purpose of the study was to identify the air tightness levels of a group of 176 houses in Saskatoon, using a pressure test procedure. The houses were categorized according to age, air tightness levels, construction style and contractor.
Describes more then 35 kinds of small inexpensive exchangers from countries including the USA, Canada, Japan, and Sweden heat exchangers are designed to expel stale air with full recovery of the heat energy in the outgoing air.
Reviews the overall aims and methods of the Conservahome Project, devised under the joint initiative of the Saskatchewan Office of Energy Conservation and the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation. The primary aims of the Project are to:< 1.
Presents new data acquired by experiments on the ventilation rates and the indoor air pollution caused by combustion in the dining-kitchens of sound-insulated houses.
Discusses relatively simple and inexpensive method for ventilating house foundations to reduce radon based on results of a trial on detached housing in Sweden.
Notes that a considerable amount of energy escapes past external doors and the simplest way to avoid this loss is to make sure that doors close properly.
Notes that number of houses with radon content exceeding 400 Bq/m*3 is probably far in excess of original estimates. States requirements for new built houses and permitted levels in existing housing.
Provides a summary of Report IIIa of the overall research project `air change in buildings' undertaken by the EMPA, Switzerland, sponsored by the Swiss Federal Ministry for Environmental Protection.
Provides a summary of Report IIIc of the overall research project `air change in buildings' undertaken by the EMPA, Switzerland, sponsored by the Swiss Federal Ministry for Environmental Protection.
Provides a summary of Report IIIb of the overall research project `air change in buildings' undertaken by the EMPA, Switzerland, sponsored by the Swiss Federal Ministry for Environmental Protection.
Identifies the main categories of seal used in weatherstripping doors and windows.
Presents the extra costs in new housing of a number of measures designed to reduce space heating costs. The measures used to reduce energy consumption in new houses in Sakatoon were:< 1. airtightness with controlled ventilation< 2.
Describes tests performed on laboratory manufactured and prefabricated concrete specimens, to determine air leakage rates through cracks.
Describes the main energy R and D projects in the building sector which are financed by the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Reviews a research project which has the objective of establishing:< 1. Expressions for ventilation efficiency< 2. Methods for measuring ventilation efficiency< 3.
Describes the monitoring of indoor air quality in a San Francisco office building where occupants had registered eye, nose and throat irritation complaints. Data was taken under two different ventilation rates.
Describes a project undertaken for the CEC to build low-energy houses according to a particular design methodology, and to verify the efficiency and practical application of this design.