LoginThis paper describes the ongoing development of a new tracer gas test (TGT) for total air change rates measurement.
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In order to reduce the primary energy consumption of buildings, highly efficient heat recovery of the HVAC system is indispensable.
Indoor air quality (IAQ) control in educative centres, where students spend most of their time, is essential.
Improving actual operation performance of room air conditioners (RAC) shows great importance in the indoor environment and building energy conversation.
Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) inactivates viral aerosols in indoor environments. Upper room UVGI systems use wall or ceiling mounted fixtures to create a disinfection zone above the occupied zone.
Our planet is rapidly urbanizing, leading to significant biodiversity loss.
How accurately can reduced-order dynamic building energy simulation models (with Dymola simulation software) simulate the indoor climate (i.e., indoor air temperature, relative humidity and CO2-concentration) in common inhabited
Industrial kitchens have high HVAC load requirements due to high exhaust rates from hoods. Especially in cold climates to heat the makeup air in winter requires high initial and - more importantly - high operating costs.
Unintended Infiltration in buildings is responsible for a significant portion of the global housing stock energy demand.
The ongoing covid-19 pandemic has drawn the attention on the importance of providing adequate fresh air to the occupants of the built environment, in particular in educational buildings.
Trends in home heating and cooling in the US are resulting in less mixing of air within dwellings, either due to not using central forced air systems, or to reduced loads and runtimes in high performance homes.
Building simulations are used to investigate building performance and design the building systems optimally.
Cooling in high ambient temperature (HAT) countries is a major energy consumer. In Kuwait, 70% of the electricity generated is consumed on cooling residential and commercial buildings.
Recently, understanding thermal comfort management enabled the scientific community to broaden its research towards smart device set-ups, in order to further reduce energy consumption and thermal comfort satisfaction.
Air leakage in a rotary heat recovery device in air handling unit (AHU) was studied by a laboratory experiment.
Powerhouse Telemark is a low carbon plus energy project in Porsgrunn, Norway. The building is currently in a commissioning phase, but with most of the building under normal operation.
Nowadays, many countries include requirements for building airtightness in their current national regulations or energy-efficiency programs, mainly for concern about reducing building energy consumption due to air leakage.
Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems attempt to achieve a uniform indoor environment.
Many recent studies have been reported that the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) can spread through an airborne transmission route.
Overheating has become a recurring problem in airtight and highly insulated buildings even in moderate climates.