An energy audit calculation procedure has been developed for existing buildings. It allows to estimate which measures have to be taken to improve the thermal performance of building envelope. An example of the application of this calculation procedure is presented.
Two aluminium windows were tested to determine the fractional penetration of airborne particles. Results show that mainly particles of 0.2 to 3 microns enter through both windows.
Performance of solar systems used to preheat ventilation air was investigated through long-term (several years) measurements on three buildings in Czech Republic. Buildings and results are described.
Numerical modeling and on site measurements were applied to the ventilated double-skin glazed façade of the Moravian Library building in Brno (Czech Republic) to determine the air temperatures and velocities into the façade. Calculations show that supply
A method was developed to estimate annual air infiltration rates in houses from measured data (building envelope air tightness, wind speeds, indoor and outdoor air temperatures). It was applied to 6 houses and the results showed a close correlation with the results from existing air filtration models.
The study was to evaluate energy use of ventilation system with supply in corridors and exhaust in wet rooms. The field test protocol was to measure energy use one day with corridor supply ventilation on, one day off, for a range of different outdoor temperatures in winter. When corridor supply is on, the internal pressure changes (although always negative) and infiltrations are modified.
Aims to supply a simple and useful tool for the analysis of energy performance of different ventilated facades typology. A steady state energy balance was applied to a control volume solving basic equations with finite element code with an iterative procedure, in order to simulate the studied sample. The different surfac3e and air mass temperatures are calculate for each step of the channel height, and the mass flow rate evaluated as overall natural draught.
States that most whole building thermal modelling computer programs use simplified, one-dimensional, parallel path descriptions of the building envelope, which may generate serious errors in building load estimation for several structural and material configurations of building envelope components which have high thermal mass and/or two- and three dimensional thermal bridges.
Air infiltration through the exterior envelope of a residential building impacts significantly on the heating energy consumption and cost, especially in a cold climate such as Montreal's. Therefore to renovate existing houses to the level of new well-built houses in terms of airtightness will lead to a reduction of the heating energy costs. By considering the life-cycle energy consumption and the initial cost of renovation, and the CO2 tax credits, the paper estimates the cost-effectiveness of this type of renovation.
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