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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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The knowledge of how to ventilate buildings, and how much ventilation is necessary for human health and comfort, has evolved over centuries of trial and error.
Although furnaces, air conditioners and heat pumps have become significantly more efficient over the last couple of decades, residential air handlers have typical efficiencies of only 10% to 15% due to poor electric motor performance and aerodynam
Traditionally, houses in the U.S. have been ventilated by passive infiltration in combination with active window opening.
Duct leakage has been identified as a major source of energy loss in residential buildings. Most duct leakage occurs at the connections to registers, plenums or branches in the duct system.
A study to measure indoor concentrations and emission rates of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including formaldehyde, was conducted in a new, unoccupied manufactured house installed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Pollutants found in indoor air are often several times higher than outdoors. Indoor air pollutants cause effects ranging from odor, annoyance, and irritation to illness, cancer, and even death.
Airflow measurement techniques are necessary to determine the most basic of indoor air quality questions: "Is there enough fresh air to provide a healthy environment for the occupants of the building?" This paper outlines airflow measurement techn
Basic strategy for providing indoor air quality in residences is to dilute indoor sources with outdoor air.
This paper discusses design issues for underfloor air distribution systems : design objectives, air distribution issues, occupants comfort issues, control of interior and perimeter zones.
This paper investigates, using CFD simulation, the influence on energy and comfort of the position of small openings for air exchange between rooms in ventilated and air-conditioned rooms of highly airtight houses.
The influence of wind velocity, jet width, jet angle and heat input on the efficiency of doorway air curtains in small air-conditioned spaces was investigated usical numerical simulation.
This paper gives information about the design of displacement ventilation systems for telecommunication equipment rooms, which need an increasing cooling load because of higher density and new generations of telecommunication systems.
The paper describes three methods for determination of the fan energy consumption associated to air filter : the hourly method (calculation of the hourly fan power), the segment method (lifespan filter-associated fan energy), the BIN method (estim
This paper establishes the relationship between space pressurization ratio and air leakage flow through irregular cracks or through an open door .
A simplified model for room cross-ventilation airflow has been developed using scaling analysis,experimental correlations and computational fluid dynamics.
This study aims to validate a CFD model (Flovent) for calculation of temperature and particulate concentration in a ventilated room. Measurements were operated in a test room with a heat source and a cigarette source.
A model for air flow inside ducts with leakages has been established from the equations governing the variation of total pressure and velocity along the duct.