LoginThis paper presents the results of a casestudy inLowerNgau Tau Kok Estatein Hongkong, whichtry to find the relationship between exterior environmental comfort and residentsbehaviors, especially for an elder community.
28th AIVC and 2nd Palenc Conference - Crete, Greece - 27-29 September 2007
The 28th AIVC and 2nd Palenc Conference, Building Low Energy Cooling and Ventilation Technologies in the 21st Century, was held in Crete, Greece, 27-29 September 2007.
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The Impact of exterior environmental comfort on residential behaviour from the insight of building energy con? servation: a Case study on Lower Ngau Tau Kok estate in Hongkong | 2007 | English
Natural ventilation and building low energy cooling as new culture for city planningdesign | 2007 | English
Innovative development strategies for a “Mediterranean urban planning project” for the city of Umbertide- Umbria , organized in a new ecological, bioclimatic and energy sensitive residential/mixed-use, car free district of 1.500 inhabitants, focus
This paper will describe how the urban projects or the new master plans must consider the environmental impactof the proposed intervention and minimise them through a sustainable planning.
In order to show the efficiency of Phase Change Materials(PCM) in building walls we have used the software CODYMUR.
Evaluation of the thermal behavior of two systems of ceilings: reinforced concrete and wather layer | 2007 | English
The objective of this work is to compare the thermal behaviorof two systems of beam ceilings used in the Collegeof Architecture of the Independent University of Chiapas - Mexico.
Widely known as urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon, urban air temperatures tend to be higher than rural temperatures,due to the thermal performance of building materials and urban geometry, together with the productionof anthropogenic heat.
Investigationofventilationmeasurement methodwas carried out in a full-scale test house. The aim of this study was to examine the ventilation rate via human expiration. The adopted method is able to measure multi-zone airflow rates.
The requirements for good indoor air quality and energyefficiency have often been considered to conflict with each other, however, buildings with low energy consumption in Europe seem to have also a lower rate of building related health symptoms.
A convenient coupled simulation method for thermal environment prediction in naturally ventilated buildings | 2007 | English
As both CFD and building simulation have their own limitationsin the thermal prediction of natural ventilation.
A simplified tool for the energy certification of Italian existing dwellings. Comparativeand sensitivity analyses | 2007 | English
The article 6 clause 9 of the Italian Decree Law 192/05, that transposes the European Directive 2002/91/EC on the energy performance of buildings (EPBD), supportsthe definition of simplified methods in order to carry out the energy certification o
Environmentally responsive architecture; passive design for school in southern India | 2007 | English
This paper outlines the findings of a research project undertaken as part of the design for St. Anthony’s School, a primary school in the town of Gudalur situated in tropical southern India.
New Academic direction- threat or opportunity Industrial academics or sponsorship of higher education Across the world there is a new ‘breed of academics’ emerging, one’s that are closely linked to practice or the industry.
An investigation into developing an urban climatic map for high density living-initial study in Hong Kong | 2007 | English
Nowadays in view of the growing expectation of qualityurban spaces, planners, architects and developers concern about urban microclimate in the process of urban development.
Real-time control of comfort in indoor spaces needs models of temperature distribution and air-velocity velocityfield. Currently, a one zone model is used assumingthat the temperature is homogenous in the whole space.
The creative design process supported by the restrictions imposed by bioclimaticand school architecture: a teaching experience | 2007 | English
This paper presents a design education experience, where the concepts of bioclimatic architecture were applied in a studio environment of the Architecture Course of UNICAMPin Campinas, Brazil.
The effect of shading in reducing the energy consumptionof office buildings in Athens is investigated in this article.
Modelling of double ventilated façades according to the CEN Standard 13790 method and detailed simulation | 2007 | English
The European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive(EPBD) encourages the use of technologies in buildings that can potentially improve their energy performance.Double ventilated faades can often have a positive contribution to this objective an
Towards a comprehensive methodology for Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE): A hot dry climate case study | 2007 | English
Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is a platform developedin recent years to allow the systematic study of buildings once occupied, so that lessons may be learnt that will improve future design.
This paper describes an educational and experimental tool developed under LabVIEW environment at LASH/DGCB (France) laboratory of ENTPE.
The theory and practice of use quickly build of buildings in usual conditions and extreme situation : experience of Russia by 2007 | 2007 | English
To the greatest degree modern showed requirements are answered with characteristics of military buildings and constructions on the basis of collapsible constructive system Module which allows to form complexes of inhabited,industrial, public, ware