LoginProviding thermal interior comfort in buildings in temperate climate zones is an energy-demanding task that can be optimized through refurbishment.
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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The aim of the present work is to improve night venti-lation control strategies, specially for the mid-season periods where an unadapted control scheme can re-sult in undesirable heat loads.
In this paper, heating energy saving strategies for winter are proposed for office buildings with a multi-story double skin façade.
To predict the mould growth risk during the design stage, a mould prediction model can be used. Several models are found in literature (e.g.
This report describes the utility of coupling an energy simulation tool and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for modelling a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system, and demonstrates the application of this method in the design p
The main objective of this paper is to analyse the thermal comfort of users of a naturally ventilated building, located in the city of Florianópolis, Brazil. The analysis was performed by using the EnergyPlus computer programme.
This paper reports how the coefficient of performance (COP) of air-cooled chillers can be improved by adopting variable condensing setpoint temperature control and using mist evaporation to pre-cool ambient air entering the condensers to trigger a
A coupled analysis of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system simulation tool and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was carried out to assess the mixing energy loss in an air-conditioned room where heating and cooling oper
The purpose of the CEBO research project is to propose a tool to assess the Effective Consumption of Occupied Buildings by calculation, which will be adjusted by measurement parameters that are limited in number and monitoring time. In this paper
The need to reduce radically the energy used by buildings is leading to new design practices.
This paper presents a novel simulation system which couples a computational fluid dynamics program with a model of human thermal comfort and thermo-regulation.
Within the scope of the HOMES programme, five pilot sites (real buildings) were chosen to study the benefits of active energy efficiency on building energy performance.
This research studies the influence of changing patterns of land use on natural ventilation using a cfd tool, with a case study in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
The use of thermal insulation in the building envelope in hot and humid climate is investigated through computer simulation.
This study compares the performance of three different double skin facade configurations in prevailing summer conditions in a temperate climate.
Since the last decade, it has seen a surge in the need of uncertainty analysis for building energy assessment, but it is often overlooked that the vital part of uncertainty analysis is the determination of uncertainty in model parameters.
This paper focuses on the study of the office room, investigating the influence of temperature sensor placement on the heating energy consumption and thermal comfort in the central European climate conditions.
In 2005, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) in the Victorian State of Australia introduced a new design for relocatable classroom buildings known as the „N1‟ design.
This work shows the optimization of natural ventilation within buildings at the stage of design and behaviour of the occupants.