LoginIn order to reduce the primary energy consumption of buildings, highly efficient heat recovery of the HVAC system is indispensable.
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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Improving actual operation performance of room air conditioners (RAC) shows great importance in the indoor environment and building energy conversation.
Air leakage in a rotary heat recovery device in air handling unit (AHU) was studied by a laboratory experiment.
Unintended Infiltration in buildings is responsible for a significant portion of the global housing stock energy demand.
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.
Indoor air quality (IAQ) control in educative centres, where students spend most of their time, is essential.
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.
Worldwide concern has been focused on the airborne disease of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Various field studies have shown that in a vast majority of European countries the quality of installed residential ventilation systems is poor, with a large proportion of systems having significantly lower installed flow rates
Maintaining thermal comfort in buildings has become a big challenge in developing countries.
Our planet is rapidly urbanizing, leading to significant biodiversity loss.
In this paper various direct reading instruments and techniques used in air monitoring are reviewed. Principles of operation are described, pointing out advantages and disadvantages of using such instruments.
The primary purpose of ventilation and air-conditioning system is to ensure internal comfort conditions through a continuous supply of air and maintaining the assumed indoor parameters.
Indoor environmental quality in educational buildings is recognized as a crucial aspect for the achievement of the learning outcomes for students.
The present study investigates acoustic comfort in naturally ventilated residential buildings through an indoor soundscape approach.
This study aims to use the WELL Building Standard (v2), an internationally recognised rating system for health & wellbeing in buildings, to perform a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the effect of wellbeing measures
A major challenge in the built environment is the integration of energy and indoor environmental quality in the optimization of existing buildings.
Urbanization has led to systemic environmental factors that degrade air quality and microbial diversity, negatively impacting human health and wellbeing.
The steady-state concentration of occupant generated carbon dioxide (CO2) is used in some applications as an indicator of compliance with a required ventilation rate.