LoginPresents a review of work carried out by SCBR concerned with airtightness of buildings and ventilation up to January 1982.
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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Tests of airtightness and raintightness of windows have been carried out continuously at the Swedish National Testing Institute since 1977.
Traces the development in the UK of performance based standards for windows from the original British Standard Draft for Development 4 issued in 1971, through the UEAtc MOAT No1 isued in 1974, to the recent BS No 6375 Part 1 1983.
Presents preliminary results of a demonstration program on energy retrofits of low-cost housing in the Lombardy Region, with particular reference to retrofit of windows.
Assesses energy saving as a function of window air tightness, and transforms value into a corresponding U-value.
Describes the results of a series of observations of window opening by occupants of 200 small offices in 5 buildings. Shows a high degree of association between the number of windows open and weather-related parameters.
Describes the development, design and production of fresh air vents to be used in conjunction with airtight windows in Hungary.
Discusses the mechanisms available for "single-sided" ventilation - ie when ventilation is achieved by the exchange of air through windows on one side of a space rather than by cross-ventilation.
Presents the results of tests on the air leakage characteristics of a number of different energy conservation products applied to a double hung window.
The model of moisture concentrations in a building cavity containing hygroscopic material presented in earlier works is extended to allow for evaporating surfaces within the cavity (eg soil, water tanks) and fluctuating external climatic condition
Describes a recent survey of a large ink manufacturing works in an effort to solve thermal comfort problems by improving the ventilation of specific areas of the plant. Six buildings were investigated.
Describes energy use in Swedish homes from 1963 to 1980 using data assembled and analysed for the first time.
Commercial building energy analyses may be used for new building design, energy end use forecasting and energy audit calculations.
Carries out measurements of the air infiltration rate of 3 large single cell buildings using the tracer dilution method.
Considers a building with an arbitrary number of point and line heat sources at the floor. Fresh air flows in the room through windows, warm air leaves through roof louvres.
Describes international research activities in the field of air infiltration, based on a recent research survey.
Presents the analysis of the effect of energy saving retrofits installed in low-income housing under a nationwide weatherization demonstration program.
Investigates the energy performance of a two storey occupied gas heated house in Ontario Canada by means of steady state and dynamic analyses of measured data. Experimental results were obtained from a monitoring study done on an hourly basis.
Uses the building energy program DOE 2.1A with the objective of validating it for use with single-family dwellings. Carries out four studies, each with a different set of conditions.
A number of studies have reported comparisons of building energy simulations to measured building performance.