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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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There are several national initiatives to collect air leakage data from field measurements buildings as a whole, building components, or ductwork systems.
There is no doubt that, as part of this tendency to move to nearly zero energy buildings, in most climates buildings have to become more airtight. Should there be specific airtightness requirements? If so, what level is to be required?
With the trend towards low-energy buildings, the importance and the interest for building air tightness is increasing.
Air supplied by ventilation plants and air conditioning systems carries small particles whose size depends on filtration device efficiency.
The role of CO2 to control the indoor air quality in buildings is based on the fact that CO2 developed by people breathing may be used as a marker for the bio-effluents produced by people.
For the near future the expectation of experts is that the most promising systems will be based on demand-controlled hybrid ventilation technologies.
This study is about the effectiveness of the indicated ventilation measures in the day-to-day operations of three types of hospitality businesses:
In this paper, a review is made of the adaptive thermal comfort model. This is then applied and compared with the performance of the conventional thermal comfort model for a school located in a Mediterranean weather environment.
Windcatchers are roof mounted devices that use the action of the wind to provide top down natural ventilation to a room. Here, fresh air is channelled into a room while, at the same time, stale air is drawn out.
There is a need to improve the accuracy of infrared thermography for measuring the temperature distribution of building exterior surfaces.
Aerosol detection in HVAC duct components is a critical component of contaminant detection and analysis.
The governing equations in duct system flow analyses are nonlinear, and iterative solution methods must be used. A suitable initial flow rate guess may be needed to start the calculations so that a converged solution can be finally achieved.
It has been found that, among the tools and methods available for the energy calculation of double envelope elements, there are some debatable aspects such as: the selection of correlations for calculating the convective heat transfer coefficient
This paper describes the transient ventilation of two interconnected rooms.
Investigations were carried out into the airflow in a non-unidirectional airflow cleanroom and its affect on the local airborne particle cleanliness. The main influence was the method of air supply.
Stratum ventilation has been proposed to cope for elevated indoor temperature recommended by governments in East Asia. TRNSYS is used for computation of the space cooling load and system energy consumption.
Large-scale greenhouses are usually adopted to control the indoor climate conditions in agriculture.
Exposure Risk Assessment by Coupled Analysis of CFD and SIR model in Enclosed Space | 2010 | English
The indoor environment can play a significant role in the transmission and exposure of various contaminants.
Indentifying pollutants that pose a potential hazard indoors is an important first step to reducing risks. We reviewed key published studies reporting measurements of chemical pollutants in residences.