LoginThis paper reports a recent longitudinal study observing people’s use of windows in cellular office spaces and suggests that the thermal environmental parameters are not the only factors affecting people’s behaviour.
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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Two globally applicable energy indices, Climate Energy Index (CEI) and Building Energy Index (BEI) were developed as a means of quantifying the climate impact on building energy performance and distinguishing climate related and climate unrelated
This study is aimed to implement Augmented Reality (AR) and web-enabled control for a double-skin system. The AR was realized using a marker, a webcam, LabVIEW VIs and a simulation model in MATLAB.
This study presents optimal control strategies of the system using a Generalized Pattern Search and Genetic Algorithm.
This paper describes the investigation of the existing VRF system renewal using energy simulation. Both the renewal to the latest VRF systems and to proper capacity VRF systems were examined.
This paper describes the implementation of the room heat transfer model in the free open-source Modelica “Buildings” library. The model can be used as a single room or to compose a multizone building model.
We present a new analysis and optimisation procedure to aid decision-making regarding Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and Combined Cooling, Heat and Power (CCHP) installations.
The pollution problems caused by fungi in indoor environments are usually recognized at a stage where colony formation has progressed to a level already enabling visual identification.
A mathematical model to simulate an unsaturated highly capacitive porous medium on roof (sand) is considered in order to predict its effects on building passive cooling.
Discrepancies between simulated and actual occupant behaviour can offset the actual energy consumption by several orders of magnitude compared to simulation results.
This paper describes a modelling comparison between three very similar medium sized educational buildings located in the temperate climate of Nelson, New Zealand, each designed using structural systems made primarily of timber (actually built), co
The paper presents combined approaches dedicated to assess the thermal comfort in a tropical climate. UrbaWind, an automatic computational fluid dynamics code, was developed to model the wind in urban environments.
The study, conducted in composite climate of India, exhibits improvement in energy efficiency of a conditioned building block with the use of energy conservation measures (ECMs) recommended by National Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC).
In this paper a user model for the use of windows based on measurements in residential buildings is developed. Detailed literature review provides an overview of existing user models.
This study reported a series of wind tunnel experiments on the spatial distribution of the pressure drag acting on the walls of rectangular block arrays, which were arranged in staggered, square, and diamond layouts under the conditions of differe
The diversity of non-domestic buildings at urban scale poses a number of difficulties to develop building stock models. This research proposes an engineering-based bottom-up stock model in a probabilistic manner to address these issues.
Automatic optimization and degradation detection tool for HVAC primary system was developed. It synchronizes with Building Energy Management System (BEMS), and it does optimization and degradation diagnosis automatically.
In the context of more and more efficient building research, as passive house or Energy plus building, the occupants have become a central actor of building system.
Carbon dioxide concentration is often taken as an indicator of indoor air quality, especially in spaces where human beings are the main contaminant source.
District heating and cooling (DHC) systems show a great potential for energy saving.