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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 energy efficiency of multi residential buildings in Canada has not kept pace with energy efficiency improvements in other commercial building sectors.
The Energy Design Advisory Service, set up by the RIAS, is in its sixth successful year. Michael Duncan of RMJM Scotland explains how EDAS has been used.} on projects designed by the practice for widely differing sites primarily in Edinburgh
What better way for a university to research environment friendly building methods than to build a full scale model on campus? Helena Russell reports, photographs by Grant Smith.
A new theatre at Bedales school, designed by Hampshire County Architects, includes on Its green agenda a cooling system made from underground concrete pipes, through which cold air is driven.
Natural convection in a thermally driven square cavity filled with air is studied numerically.
Two new halls of residence, designed by Rick Mather Associates, are currently under construction at the University of East Anglia.
Cabin air quality is a complex function of many parameters including ambient air quality, the design of the cabin volume, the design of the ventilation and pressurization systems, the way the systems are operated and maintained, and the presence o
This document is primarily intended to address industry and government questions regarding the impacts of recent Congressional activity on the subject of air quality.
Starting from the basic governing equations for fluid flows, a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code is described.
This paper describes the modelling and the experimental validation under ALLAN™ Simulation software 3 of a dwelling subjected to actual indoor and outdoor conditions. The construction of the global model is made in two steps:
The report begins by reviewing some basic questions about ventilation efficiency. The subject is then presented in greater detail and finally an example of the prediction of ventilation efficiency in an office enclosure is given.