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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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Human exposure to environmental pollutants occurs via various pathways such as air, drinking water, food, and dermal contact. For many pollutants, especially the volatile ones, air exposure is the dominant pathway.
A conference report from the 27th AIVC and 4th Epic Conference "Technologies & sustainable policies for a radical decrease of the energy consumption in buildings", held in Lyon, France, 20-22 November 2006.
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The present work was developed in 2005 in a Brazilian region of hot and humid climatewith volunteers performing sedentary activity.
With the UK commercial sector only replacing buildings at 1-1.5% per year adaptationsto existing buildings are needed to maintain comfort levels, while reducing energy useand carbon emissions.
The fundamental proposition in this work is to introduce alternatives and technicalrecommendations to improve thermal comfort and low energy through architecturaldesign in healthcare spaces of obstetrical suites.
This work evaluates the performance of different façade solutions, comparing simulation results of glass type and (internal and/or external) solar protection, in the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
This paper presents a conceptual design of a Performance Benchmarking System (PBS)for buildings called Buildings PBS, which aims to create an online knowledge-basedsystem for the life-cycle performance assessment of buildings.
This paper presents a multicriteria decision-making model for lifespan energy efficiencyoriented intelligent buildings (IBs) assessment.
The LARES Housing and Health survey conducted in representative samples of eightEuropean towns provides substantial data from 3,373 households about housingconditions and the health of 8,519 residents.
This paper reviews the results of a series of studies carried out since the early 1990’s to assess the performance of approximately 50 naturally ventilated, hybrid ventilated or air conditioned buildings in Sydney, Australia.
The Household Energy End-use Project (HEEP) has collected energy and temperaturedata on 397 randomly selected houses throughout New Zealand, providing a statisticallyrepresentative national sample.
Living room winter temperatures are explored using data from 397 randomly selectedhouses from the Household Energy End-use Project (HEEP).
Two thermal comfort surveys of people living in two types of naturally ventilatedhousing: traditional courtyard housing and apartment flats performed in Yazd Ilam arepresented in this article.
The paper presents a discussion of the issues surrounding the design of sustainable lowenergybuildings. The main focus is towards naturally ventilated and mixed-modebuildings (where mechanical cooling is only used when thought to be essential).
This analysis explores the pattern of variation of the desired thermal sensation on theASHRAE scale, applying for the first time the method of direct enquiry. Data are fromstudies of thermal comfort at university lectures and in dwellings.
A thermal comfort study was conducted at the School of Architecture, Institute ofTechnology Bandung (ITB) at Bandung - Indonesia, on the 8th October 2005. Bandung isthe capital of West Java province and is located at the 7o South Latitude.
Urban planners and architects need detailed information about the thermal conditions ofopen spaces for their design.