Infiltration has long served the residential ventilation needs in North America.
Technical Reports
The AIVC's collection of technical notes on subjects including ventilation, infiltration, indoor air movement, and measurement techniques.
Volume content
TN 54: Residential Passive Ventilation Systems: Evaluation and Design - A Critical Evaluation of the Potential for Adapting European Systems for use in North America and Development of a General Design Method | 2001 | English | 158 pp
In recent years a substantial number of monitoring exercises have been made to determine the way in which occupants react to and/or are affected by the indoor environment. These cover a diverse range of aspects including:
The first chapter aims to provide the reader with an overview of the basics of acoustics, which are required as part of the ventilation systems design process.
In recent years, the 'usability' of ventilation and air infiltration models (both public domain and commercially available) has increased greatly. Possible areas of application for 15 such models are identified in this report.
Current ventilation practice in large non-domestic buildings as well as future trends and developments are all examined in this publication. Examples considered include atria, auditoria, sports halls, enclosed shopping malls and offices.
TN 49: Energy impact of ventilation: estimates for the service and residential sectors. | 1998 | English | 43 pp
To quantify the energy impact of air change on total energy use, the AIVC has been conducting a study of current estimates for non-industrial buildings in thirteen major industrialised countries.