LoginIt has been demonstrated that there is a strong relationship between occupant behaviour and the thermal performance of dwellings.
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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Accidental releases occurring in industrial platforms or during transportation of hazardous materials can entail the dispersion of toxic gas clouds.
This study documented that houses in the southeastern United States built on typical wall-vented crawl spaces possess the following characteristics: 1) bulk water, water vapor and associated moisture issues, 2) mold spores, 3) measured holes betwe
Recently, the requirements regarding global building airtightness to reduce the exfiltration losses became more severe as result of the trend towards very low energy buildings and Passive Houses.
Starting January 1st, 2013 the French thermal regulation will impose a minimum requirement for residential buildings air-tightness. However, nothing is planed for non-residential building, for two reasons:
Recently, insulation retrofits of existing houses have been thought to be one of the effective measures from the viewpoint of global warming prevention.
The airtightness of inclined roofs is important in order to avoid hygrothermal problems and to guarantee the durability of the construction itself.
Impacts of airtightening retrofits of ventilation and energy in a manufactured home | 2011 | English
A retrofit study was conducted in an unoccupied manufactured house to investigate the impacts of airtightening on ventilation rates and energy consumption.
Today an acceptable indoor air quality is mainly defined by specifying the required level of ventilation in air changes per hour or the outside air supply rate.
The EPBD (EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive) Concerted Action is a cooperative effort from all 27 EU Member States (MS), plus Norway and Croatia, together with the European Commission.
It is widely accepted that ventilation is critical for providing good indoor air quality (IAQ) in homes.
This paper presents some first approaches for the national application of the nearly zero-energy building definition according to the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive by summarising the current plans of Germany, Denmark, Ireland and the N
The Proceedings of the 32nd AIVC Conference " Towards Optimal Airtightness Performance", held in Brussels, Belgium, 12-13 October 2011.
This paper presents some results from the Work Package 5 in the HealthVent project supported by the European Commission.
Portugal introduced, for the first time, in the 2006 Building Regulations, a requirement on the airtightness of the ductwork in new HVAC installations. A test is required during commissioning.
This paper gives a quick overview of the PRAXIBAT programme led by the French Agency for Energy and Environment to improve building professionals skills to achieve low- or nearly zero-energy buildings.
The feasibility of good air-tightness in new buildings can be determined based on the obtained air tightness classes as defined in EN 12237.
A study of excessive air leakage in the ductwork of a large pharmaceutical plant located in the Southeast United States is executed in order to determine the energy loss associated with the excessive ductwork leakage.
Most European standards and national regulations about ventilation rates are based on indoor air quality assumptions in terms of contamination. On the other hand, indoor air humidity is important for human health as well.
Wind is a potential dominant factor regarding the air infiltration through building envelopes. Due to its dynamic characteristics, quite complex aerodynamic phenomena arise around a structure or through cracks and openings.