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The Zero Energy Manufactured Home Project demonstrates and promotes innovative energy saving technologies to the manufactured housing industry and home buying public, while evaluating those technologies energy performance. The project, funded by the Bonneville Power Administration, and the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Building America Industrialized Housing Program (BAIHP), examines two 147 square meter (m2) (1600 ft2) two-section manufactured homes, built by the same manufacturer, using an identical floor plan.

In these last years, a great deal of interest has been devoted to double-skin façades due to the advantages claimed by this technology (in terms of energy saving in the cold season, high-tech image, protection from external noise and wind loads). Simulati

In the recent past, residential buildings in temperate climates were ventilated by the daily opening of windows and by exaggerated window and door permeability. Energy conservation concerns have led to better quality windows and lower air permeability that consequently increased the risk of condensation whilst decreasing indoor air quality. Because of the variation in natural factors, such as wind speed and the stack effect, natural ventilation systems are unlikely to permanently provide ideal ventilation rates.

There are many research works for the moisture buffering effect of the building materials. However, there are few reports for the moisture buffering of the indoor contents such as wooden furniture, textiles and paper products except for the building materials in a room. In order to utilize the moisture buffering effect in the whole room, it is important to evaluate the synthetic moisture buffering including the indoor contents. In this paper, the experiment for moisture buffering of the contents in a room such as textiles and paper products is described.

An earth-air heat exchanger (EAHX) has been implemented in a low-energy office building in Kortrijk,Belgium. An extensive monitoring campaign was conducted to define the energy consumption in the building and the contribution of the EAHX to energy savings. This paper presents the results of the measurements and compares the measured performance of the EAHX to the building energy use and to results of a simulation model for 3D transient heat transfer.

The present paper presents the results of the energy and environmental evaluation of ten school buildings in the Greater Athens Area. The research included measurements of the indoor air quality, evaluation of the situation of the building envelope, recording of energy and ventilation systems and generally all the systems that influence the energy output of the school buildings. Experimental investigations were performed in ten different schools and the concentration levels of CO2, CO and VOCs were measured.

This paper presents an analysis of energy and comfort performance of typical office buildings for summer cooling in five climate zones in China using the natural ventilation assessment tool, which is developed based on the integrated thermal and airflow model. Harbin, Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming and Guangzhou are selected as the five representative cities for Very Cold, Cold, Hot Summer and Cold Winter, Mild and Hot Summer and Warm Winter zones respectively. The cooling energy consumption with air conditioning system is compared to that with natural ventilation system.

The increasing concern on energy conservation in buildings and the increasing insulation level of buildings, lead to the introduction of limits for building airtightness, to minimize building heat losses. In some countries the recommended limits are very strict and could be difficult achieved with standard construction practices. Usually the limits are established according construction (best) practices and in some countries it takes in account the building type, ventilation system and weather. Usually those limits dont take in account the air flow rate for background ventilation.

Thermal comfort in living rooms or bedrooms is among others determined by the spatial distribution of the supplied ventilation air. In this work, the performance of a self-regulating (pressure-sensitive) air transfer device, in terms of air flow rate and human comfort, was investigated by means of CFD. Self-regulating ventilators limit the air supply rate according to the pressure difference across the ventilator as to reduce draught risks.

This article describes five blower door measurements – each made with a different objective – carried out on large buildings. Proof of air tightness is required to guarantee the operational capability of ventilation systems or to enable fire protection by