LoginThe most recent version of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (v4.1) for Building Design & Construction provides three options for assessing the Daylight Credit.
41st AIVC/ASHRAE IAQ- 9th TightVent - 7th venticool Conference - Athens, Greece - 4-6 May 2022
The conference "IAQ 2020: Indoor Environmental Quality Performance Approaches Transitioning from IAQ to IEQ”, organized by ASHRAE and AIVC, was held in Athens, Greece on 4-6 May 2022. The conference was also the 41st AIVC - 9th TightVent & 7th venticool conference. This collection contains 110 conference papers and 16 extended abstracts.
Volume content
Investigation of Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in various types of buildings is a rather intense research activity by recent years.
The purpose of this study is to clarify the respiratory characteristics and productivity with wearing a mask, and to propose the indoor control strategy to maintain the thermal comfort.
Three-Dimensional Characterization Of The Air Infiltration Path Using Infrared Technology | 2023 | English | 8 pp
Air infiltration control is essential to guarantee thermal comfort, good performance of the ventilation systems, and more energy-efficient buildings.
Tracking Occupant Satisfaction for Improved Energy Efficiency in Campus Buildings | 2023 | English | 8 pp
Green buildings incorporate several features to improve energy efficiency, indoor environmental conditions, and occupant satisfaction.
Understanding and Estimating Patients’ Indoor Environmental Quality Assessment: A Pilot Case Study in a Hospital Ward | 2023 | English | 9 pp
Hospitals’ indoor environmental quality (IEQ) impacts on patients’ comfort and well-being.
Understanding the Effects of Environmental Factors on Human Perception by Means of Surveys and in Field Measurements | 2023 | English | 8 pp
The discomfort prediction inside buildings by means of correlations able to estimate people subjective response from indoor conditions has been widely investigated with the purpose of supporting design, commissioning and operati
Untold Stories from the Field: a Novel Platform for Collecting Practical Learnings on Human Building Interactions | 2023 | English | 11 pp
When implementing or studying building controls and interfaces in the field, researchers often witness first-hand human-building interactions from operators and occupants.
Ventilation and Indoor Thermal Environment in Air-Conditioned Rooms with Open Windows in Winter | 2023 | English | 7 pp
Under the influence of biological hazards including COVID-19, it is required sufficient ventilation to decrease the infection risk in the indoor area.
Development of a PM2.5 Index Adapted to Short-Term Measurements to Provide Real Time Information to Residential Building Occupants | 2023 | English | 8 pp
The ALLO project aims to be innovative in the way it approaches information and its dissemination to residents who are concerned about air quality in their home or are not familiar with the subject.
Influence of Ambient Air Pollution on Natural Ventilation Potential in Europe | 2023 | English | 4 pp
When designed and operated adequately, natural ventilation (NV) can improve the buildings’ energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality.
Indoor Air, Ventilation and comfoRt in Irish Domestic dwellings post DEep Energy reNovations-ARDEN | 2023 | English | 3 pp
Deep Energy renovation (DER) adopts a whole building approach and achieves much larger energy savings than shallow energy renovations that typically only included a small number (one or two) of upgrade measures.
Collecting Long-term Indoor Environmental Quality Data in Highly Energy Efficient Irish Dwellings | 2023 | English | 3 pp
Current building regulations are designed to ensure that buildings, including newly built and retrofitted residential dwellings, are more energy efficient.
There has been substantial concern about the potential for radon levels to increase in homes undergoing energy retrofits, especially those including substantial air sealing.
Comparison Between Key Species Simulated Using the Simplified Indoor Air Chemistry Simulator (SIACS) and Previously Published Values from Reference Models Nicole | 2023 | English | 3 pp
People spend approximately 90% of their time within indoor environments, and consequently, characterizing the chemistry of indoor air is valuable from a human health perspective.
Radon is a naturally occurring gas that is hazardous to human health, making it desirable to minimize exposure. Radon can infiltrate buildings and accumulate to concerning levels, especially in those with tight exterior envelope
Ventilation for Energy Efficiency and Improved Indoor Air Quality in University Classrooms | 2023 | English | 4 pp
This paper reports preliminary analysis from a large field study of 100 university classrooms in Central Texas. Lecture classrooms and auditoriums were sampled for three consecutive weekdays in the 2019 – 2020 academic year.
Balancing Reductions in Exposure to VOCs and their Secondary Products Indoors vs. the Infiltration of Outdoor Pollutants | 2023 | English | 3 pp
Ventilation and source control (e.g. using low volatile organic compound (VOC) emitting materials) are two recommended approaches to control indoor air pollution and VOC’s in particular.
Performance of Roofs Integrated with Phase Change Materials for Reduction the Cooling Load and Overheating Severity in Hybrid Ventilated Classroom, Taiwan | 2023 | English | 3 pp
PCM (phase change materials) is an innovative technology and an effective method for improving the thermal mass of buildings owing to it possesses the property of large thermal capacity within a limited temperature range, which
Constructing a Dual-Index Regulation for the Design of Envelope Performance of Hybrid Ventilated School Building | 2023 | English | 3 pp
Responding to the hot humid climate, the Taiwan government expects to broadly install air-conditioning in classrooms to provide a comfort study environment for school buildings and prevent the risk of overheating; therefore, cor