LoginAs in other parts of the world, building legislation has been used since the 1980s by governmentbodies in the Arabian Gulf countries.
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
Volume content
Developing regulations to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in Arabian Gulf countries | 2006 | English
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.
Air leakages can cause a significant energy penalty, inability of the heating system, and failure of the ventilation system – especially in passive houses. However, they can be avoided if given serious consideration in the design phase.
Indoor Thermal Climate Criteria and the Effects on the Overall Environmental Performance of Air-Conditioning Systems | 2006 | English
The cooling loads of an office building vary with the desired indoor thermal climate.
Experimental determination of thermal characteristics of lightweight building element with dual ventilated cavities | 2006 | English
Available time for building construction is getting shorter, therefore the number of buildings which are built with lightweight building elements (LBE) is increasing.
The passive cooling techniques such as night time cross ventilation is potentially an interesting strategy to provide substantial cooling energy savings in warm climates.
Demand Controlled Ventilation as Efficient Means to Achieve Energy Savings in Tertiary Sector Buildings | 2006 | English
Demand-controlled ventilation (DCV) has largely been documented in the literature through fielddemonstration projects and computer simulation studies.
The purpose of this study is to determine how levels of ventilation rates and indoor air quality vary in elementary schools in southern Japan. This study is based on field monitoring carried out as intermittent monitoring from summer to winter.
The potential for passive cooling of roof slabs incorporating an air cavity is important with respect tothermal comfort.
Study on the Airflow Structure in Cross-Ventilated Rooms with the Full-Scale Model Experiment | 2006 | English
Cross ventilation is one of the most important techniques for maintaining a comfortable indoorenvironment in hot and mild seasons with less cooling energy.
A Survey on Workplace Occupant Satisfaction. A Study in Sixteen German Office Buildings | 2006 | English
This paper presents results of an evaluation of workplace occupant satisfaction in 16 state ofthe art office buildings of a variety of sizes and energy concepts in Germany.
Quality Assurance of Solar Ventilated Facade and Mixing Chamber of the Moravian Metropolitan Library | 2006 | English
The objective of this paper is to present long time monitoring and post occupancy evaluation of theMoravian Metropolitan Library with the ventilated solar faade used for space heating and with mixing chamber for cooling with the forced ventilation
Monitoring and Data Analysis of two Low Energy Office Buildings with a Thermo-Active Building System (TABS) | 2006 | English
A promising approach to reduce the primary energy demand of office-buildings without violatingthermal comfort is passive cooling by thermo-active building systems (TABS).
Energy-Environmental Efficiency in the Integrated Design of a School Building in Imola, Italy | 2006 | English
The Municipality of Imola is strongly committed to environmental friendly and energy consciouspolicies both at urban planning level and public building design.
Being the largest energy consumer, building sector represents a major stake for the actualenvironmental concerns.
Application of Different Dynamic Analysis Approaches to Estimate the U and G Values of Building Components | 2006 | English
Dynamic analysis is very useful to obtain thermal properties of building components.
Exergy Analysis as an Assessment Tool of Heat Recovery of Dwelling Ventilation Systems | 2006 | English
In cold and moderate climates, improvements in building shell insulation and air-tightness imply a shiftin heating loads from transmission and infiltration towards ventilation.
Responsive Building Elements (RBE), as defined in International Energy Agency - Annex 44,are building construction components which are actively used for transfer and storage ofheat, light, water and air.
Study on Performance Evaluation of Mechanical Ventilation Systems for Occupied Houses | 2006 | English
In the first phase of the current project, the ventilation rates of occupied houses in the northern region of Japan were investigated from 2001 to 2005.
In this paper, a model for predicting whole building heat and moisture transfer was presented. Both heat and moisture transfer in the building envelope and indoor air were simultaneously considered; their interactions were modeled.