LoginDue to energy shortage and increased energy costs, there seems to be conflicting interest between hygiene and comfort on one hand, and energy economy on the other.
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.
The AIVC website includes a protected content feature that provides access to AIRBASE. Access to the protected content is free of charge but requires you to register first.
Notes the trend to installing windowless kitchens, bathrooms and W.C.s in the internal zones of dwellings.
A survey of retrofitting possibilities for the amateur. Air infiltration, air quality, insulation and heat flow are described simply. Detailed examples are given of retrofitted houses. Various products available in Canada are listed.
Describes expectations people have of indoor climate. Notes that the quality of indoor climate has often taken second place to fashionable architectural and material considerations.
Describes a mathematical model for the detailed calculation of ventilation heat losses in buildings.
This literature survey contains references pertaining to the physical properties of radon and its daughters, instrumentation for their measurement, health effects, surveys and measurements, and regulatory information.
Produced to provide a common method for research workers to set out experimental data, so assisting abstraction for subsequent analysis or mathematical model development.
Second worldwide survey by AIC containing 149 replies from 20 countries.
Deterioration of air conditioning system in a hospital in Boston was found to derive from a strain of Pseudomonas sp. on heat transfer tubes of the closed chilled water system. Growth was stimulated by ethylene glycol antifreeze.
Measurements of spoiler aerodynamic noise, generated in a low velocity flow duct and radiated from an open exhaust termination, have been made in the form of sound power spectra.
Describes use of an acoustic method developed by Keast to detect air leaks.
Notes that some of the main contributors to excessive ventilation in industrial buildings are external doors and loading bays. Discusses the choice of industrial doors to minimise energy loss.
Describes the operating characteristics of a small aspirated concentration sensor based on a hot-film anemometer.
Reports tests on 4 different windows of air leakage and sound transmission loss. Expresses each of these two quantities by a single parameter and finds reasonable correlation between the parameters.