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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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Presents the first of two sections of report 34020, detailing measurements carried out over the winter period of 1975/76 in Swiss dwellings with mainly hot water heating and some extract ventilation in kitchens and bathrooms.
The second of two sections of a report of air change measurements in the winter period 1975/76 of non-air conditioned buildings in Switzerland, chiefly dwellings.
Investigates energy balance of centrally heated flat at coastal town of Kijkduin, based on daily figures of gas consumption and ventilation losses derived from meteorological conditions.
Reports preliminary research directed towards developing a new method for measuring the air leakage property of an enclosure. The low-frequency acoustic impedance of the enclosure is measured by an infrasonic method.
Reviews tracer gas methods for measuring ventilation rate and discusses the diffusion of gases. Describes four tracer gas methods; rate of decay, equilibrium concentration, transfer index and constant concentration.
Reports investigation whose object was to devise a quick and simple method for checking the airtightness of a whole building. Describes pressurization of building and gives results from 20 single family houses and five multifamily buildings.
Presents a method of analysis to separately quantify the amounts of heat loss due to transmission and to air infiltration. The analysis is based on daily gas and electricity readings for a flat.
Reports comparison of three computer programs designed to calculate room air temperature and heating loads.
Describes the first stage of an investigation designed to simulate in a wind tunnel the full scale wind pressure measurements made by the Building Research Establishment on the Aylesbury test house.
This is done by means of a fan pressing air into the interior of a not air-tight greenhouse.
The effect of ventilation on airborne contamination was studied in a new operating suite containing operating rooms with conventional ventilation (17-20 ach) and operating rooms with zonal ventilation, where the air change in the central part o
The purpose of this research project is for the Thermal Engineering Section of NBS to conduct air leakage measurements on selected large buildings tovalidate calculation formula developed by Shaw and Tamura, (see Shaw, C.Y., and Tamura, G.T.,
This paper presents an account, and results, from the U.S. Gas Industry's on-going program to assess the effectiveness of various retrofit actions to increase the seasonal efficiency of central, gas-fired, space heating, residential furnac
This report contains a brief description of an air infiltration measuring device jointly developed by the National Bureau of Standards and Princeton University's Center for Environmental Studies.