LoginActive solar heating was a favorite topic after the first energy crisis. Usage for space heating, however,proved to be completely uneconomic. Domestic hot water systems, instead, retained attention.
27th AIVC and 4th Epic Conference - Lyon, France - 20-22 November 2006
The 27th AIVC and 4th Epic Conference, Technologies & sustainable policies for a radical decrease of the energy consumption in buildings, was held in Lyon, France, 20-22 November 2006.
Contains 153 papers
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Natural Convection in Rectangular Enclosure Due to Flux Density of Heat Prescribed to its Water-Saturated Vertical Porous Wall | 2006 | English
Unsteady natural convection in a rectangular enclosure with a vertical saturated porous wall is studiednumerically.
The indoor climate plays a key-role in relation to sustainable building. Often measured or simulatedtime series are used for the evaluation of indoor climate performances.
1. Thoughts 1. Why care? 2. Sustainable Architecture or just Architecture, are they something different? 3. On past and future – learning from tradition. 4. On the overwhelming power of design. 5. On starchitecture. 6.
Assessment of the Potential of Cool Materials to Contribute to the Mitigation of the Heat Island Effect in Athens | 2006 | English
The mitigation of the heat island effect can be achieved by the use of cool materials that arecharacterized by high solar reflectance and infrared emittance values.
This work is aimed at assessing the economical feasibility of a retrofit intervention consisting into the façade renovation of an office building, built in the 70s and located in Italy near Torino.
Short-Term Prediction of Energy Consumption in Buildings Based on Artificial Neural Networks and Nonlinear Time Series Analysis | 2006 | English
This paper introduces a new approach for the prediction of hourly energy consumption inbuildings.
Nowadays energy performance is an increasing concern to sustainable urban planning because of itsimplications in energy consumption patterns.
There is an obvious and indisputable need for an increase in the efficiency of energy utilisation inbuildings.
Vegetation on the building envelope can have a marked effect on the microclimate and on the building’s energy behavior as well. In this paper, the impact of planted roofs on the thermal load of buildings is presented.
In this paper, a study of the energy performance in Singapore’s hotel industry is reported. Energy consumption data and other pertinent information were collected from 29 quality hotels through a national survey.
The Singular Strategic Project called Bioclimatic Architecture and Solar Cooling, ARFRISOL (ARquitectura bioclimática y FRIo SOLar, in Spanish), has been promoted and supported by Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (MEC).
Fixed and Customised Benchmarks for Building Energy Performance Certificates based on Operational Ratings | 2006 | English
The EPLabel project is developing a ‘graduated response’ to address the EPBD Article 7.3 requirement for ‘Public Buildings’ over 1,000 m² to display an Energy Performance Certificate prominently.
Development of a Method for Building Energy Diagnosis ; Application to an Existing Light Weight Building | 2006 | English
The goal of this study, carried out on a wooden building, is to apply the methodology of identification inorder to obtain the physical parameters which characterize the thermal behaviour of the building.
Developing regulations to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in Arabian Gulf countries | 2006 | English
As in other parts of the world, building legislation has been used since the 1980s by governmentbodies in the Arabian Gulf countries.
A Study of Subjective Assessment: Hybrid Lighting with Automatic Control or Traditional Lighting with Manual Control? | 2006 | English
In order to compare a hybrid lighting system with automatic control to a traditional lighting system withmanual control, a subjective assessment study was carried out in two rooms at the TechnicalUniversity of Istanbul.
Dynamic Moisture Behaviour of Materials for Integration into Whole Building Heat Air and Moisture Simulation | 2006 | English
Indoor humidity is an important parameter influencing the occupants’ perception of indoor air quality, and is also a cause of harmful processes that may occur on surfaces of materials, such as cracking of walls or microbiological growth.
Daylighting in Schools: Technology, Energetical, Economical and Environmental Impact | 2006 | English
The paper describes the transfer of technology appropriated from the social, economical andenvironmental point of view in schools at the province of Mendoza (South latitude 32, 53, Westlongitude 68 51, semi-arid climate) placed at the Southwest re
The present paper presents the results of the application of cluster analysis in the energy rating ofschool buildings.
To achieve the intended results of building, managing and using a property requires knowledge,continuity and communication, which can be assured by a dynamic and flexible quality assurance(QA) system.