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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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Development of straw insulation board: fabrication, testing, performance modelling. | 1998 | English
This booklet presents seven outstanding renovation projects that show a different set of renovation challenges and solutions.
Current ventilation practice in large non-domestic buildings as well as future trends and developments are all examined in this publication. Examples considered include atria, auditoria, sports halls, enclosed shopping malls and offices.
Explicit algebraic equations for calculation of wind and stack driven ventilation were developed by parametrically matching exact solutions to the flow equations for building envelopes.
Although the power law has been broadly accepted in measurement and air infiltration standards, and in many air infiltration calculation methods, the assumption that the power law is true over the range of pressures that a building envelope experi
Measurements on three gas and two electric furnaces have been made to examine the field performance of these furnaces and their interactions with their forced-air distribution systems.
This field study concentrated on measurement of duct leakage to outside the conditioned space because this is most useful in energy calculations, e.g., proposed ASHRAE Standard 152P (ASHRAE 1997).
Duct losses have a significant effect on the efficiency of delivering space cooling to U.S. homes. This effect is especially dramatic during peak demand periods where half of the cooling equipment's output can be wasted.
ASHRAE Standard 152P (Method of Test for Determining the Design and Seasonal Efficiencies of Residential Thermal Distribution Systems) includes default values for many of the input parameters required to calculate delivery system efficiencies.
This bibliography outlines the main features and design considerations of passive cooling ventilation systems.
This report outlines the principles of a general evaluation procedure for emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from building materials with respect to their potential effects on health and comfort.
The amount of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in indoor air, usually called TVOC (Total volatile organic compounds), has been measured using different definitions and techniques which yield different results.
The book of proceedings from the 18th AIVC Conference "Ventilation and Cooling", Athens, Greece, 23-24 September 1997
Volume 1 includes 46 papers
Volume 2 includes 25 papers
When a person is located in a contaminant field with significant gradients the contaminant field will be modified locally due to the entrainment and transport of contaminated air in the human boundary layer as well as due to the effect of the pers
Radon remedial measures do not last. After a few years the radon contents are again at a high level. This is shown by check measurements made in 110 dwellings in Sweden in which remedial measures against radon have been carried out.
In ABN 11, "Dynamic Buffer Zone" introduced the topic of the dynamic buffer zone system. This article provides the results of an actual side by side test during an historical building renovation.
Life-Cycle-Assessment (LCA) becomes more and more an important tool for industry to choose the adequate material or technique leading to an expected product quality from environmental point of view.