LoginMaisonettes, duplexes and triplexes in the city of Montreal have enjoyed much success since they were first built some 60 to 100 years ago. They currently account for half of the city's dwelling units.
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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A model-based technique is described to raise the level of sophistication of building automation systems (BAS).
Describes a pilot study conducted to test whether increased levels of indoor air pollutants in schools are linked to a swelling in the nasal mucosa.
The effect of exposure to different types of ventilation were examined using a cross-sectional study, which took into account indoor environmental measurements of major contaminants and aeroallergens.
Examines the effect of a new, individually controlled ventilation system on employee symptoms. Two groups of employees were studied in one office building with mechanical ventilation, with one group the control.
Aimed to find out if a decrease in sick building syndrome symptoms as the result of an improved ventilation system was still in force after three years.
Relates exposure measurements for indoor air quality in schools to perception of IAQ by employees. A questionnaire was used to gather information on subjective air quality, domestic exposures and health aspects.
Following a sensory panel assessment of perceived air quality, proposes the use of a simple measurement method based on a dilution system connected to a ventilated small-scale test chamber in order to characterise the emissions from materials in s
Describes a project to examine the secondary air filters in the air handling units on four floors of a multi-storey office building which had a history of fungal colonization of insulation in the air distribution system.
In seven hospitals in the eastern United States air filters of various types, selected by discoloration, were collected from the primary and secondary filter banks of the HVAC systems.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of humidification on the odour, acceptability and stuffiness of indoor air.
Measurement were operated in Ottawa’s Laurier House (an historical house built in 1878 now being a museum) to determine the temperature and humidity conditions under which condensation occurs on ‘historic’ windows.
Researchers involved in studying problems concerning the built-up environment face an objective complexity, of easy instrumental evaluation, and a subjective complexity which is psycho-physiological concerning human beings with different individua
An approach to the steady-state simulation of heat pumps and refrigerating equipment is presented. Novel features of the proposed model are the strategy and formalism adopted in the programme development.
Tests were conducted on two instrumented air-cooled water chillers (15 kW and 30 kW cooling capacity). Refrigerants evaluated included R22 as the baseline fluid, R407C and R410B.
In this paper, a part of the results of a study realised in Chambéry to develop the use of solar energy in small and medium European cities is presented.
NEXT 21 is the experimental residential building ,completed in October 1993 at Osaka. Main theme of this project is to create comfortable housing for early 21th century life without the increase of stress to urban environment.
A computational model for the detailed design of finned-tube heat exchangers is presented.
The research we develop consists of evaluating "radiative comfort" during no heating periods in office buildings.The expression "radiative comfort" is used to characterise the thermal and visual component of the feeling of peop
It is well-known that there exist indoor temperature distributions.