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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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This report summarizes the work of the initial working phase of IEA Annex 35 "Hybrid Ventilation in New and Retrofitted Office and Educational Buildings".
The main aim of the Tip-Vent project was to provide a contribution o the creation of improved boundary conditions for the application of mechanical ventilation systems with good levels of performance.
The document consists in the Proceedings of the 2000 AIVC conference, which took place in The Hague (The Netherlands) in September 2000.
This information dossier describes the general principles of natural ventilation, the calculation of air flows and the strategies for building cooling. It presents case studies of six office buildings, with the lessons learned.
This document results from a Working Group set up by the World Health Organization. It reviews States current approaches to protect population from environmental tobacco smoke exposure.
This document results from a Working Group set up by the World Health Organization. It formulates a set of statements on the right to healthy indoor air.
Current approach for design and installation of mechanical ventilation systems in houses is described in the framework of Canadian building codes and standards, which contain requirements about air change rates, air distribution, sound level, inte
Seven air supply and return diffusion layouts were tested to determine their effects on air distribution, air change efficiency and ventilation efficiency for workstations in an open-plan office.
After describing smoke hazards, this document gives for the designers the basic principles of smoke management in atriums. Requirements of the Canadian building code are also described.
This document describes the designing process of a smoke management system for an atrium, using tools going from empirical equations to complex models, in order to have a safe evacuation of occupants in case of fire.
This paper introduces a new strategy approach for the room air conditioning including classification and terminology.
The authors have experimentally studied on the relation between the periodic velocity fluctuation in the near wake of a rotating blade and the generated broad band noise.
An innovative calculation methodology is proposed in this paper which retains the accuracy of sophisticated computer simulation programs, such as DOE 2.1, but maintains the simplicity of simplified building energy calculation methods, such as the
The overall thermal transfer value ( OTTV) concept has been extended to correlate the OTTV of building envelope designs with other key building design parameters through DOE-2 computer simulations.
The paper presents results of interlaboratory comparison on the emission of formaldehyde from mineral wool board. Eleven laboratories took part in these studies. The results showed significant variances between laboratories.
Improvement in contamination control for a LCD color filter coater was studied by using a mini-environmental design. Different operating conditions of the door and the exhaust of the mini-environment were studied.
An experimental method for the determination of the internal diffusion coefficient (D) and partition coefficient (ke) of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is developed for dry building materials (such as carpet, vinyl flooring. plywood, etc.).
The paper presents the results of a study into the effects of unsteady wind pressures on the mean flow rates in certain types of purpose-designed naturally ventilated buildings.