Principles of hybrid ventilation

This booklet summarizes the work of IEA ECBCS Annex 35 'Hybrid ventilation in new and retrofitted office buildings' and is based on the research findings from the participating countries. It describes the principles of hybrid ventilation technologies, control strategies and algorithms, as well as analysis method. The 13 case studies include both new-built and retrofitted designs. The booklet is accompanied by 21 technical reports and 13 case study reports from various authors.

Two European projects on performance criteria for healthy buildings

Describes two European research projects on performance criteria for healthy buildings in which TNO Building and Construction Research (The Netherlands) is involved : HOPE (Health optimisation protocol for energy efficient buildings : Prenormative and socio-economic research to create healthy and energy efficient buildings) and PeBBu (Performance based building Thematic Network).

Market opportunities for advanced ventilation technology

The document consists in the Proceedings of the 2001 AIVC conference, which took place in in September 2001 in Bath (England). It contains 42 articles corresponding to the speeches given during the Conference.

Ventilation and indoor air quality in buildings

The document consists in the Proceedings of the 1999 AIVC conference, which took place in in August 1999 in Edinburgh (Scotland). It contains 141 articles corresponding to the speeches given during the Conference.

ISO TC 205: an attempt of international standardization on indoor air quality criteria

The working group WG4 of ISO TC 205 aims to define Indoor Air Quality criteria. The draftstandard contains several methods for determining ventilation rates, based on these criteria.The ventilation rates obtained with some of these methods are compared for several premises:ASHRAE 62-1999, the method of perceived IAQ of CR 1752, and the prescriptive method ofAS 1668.2. To improve the comparison, ventilation rates are also calculated with the prEN13779 method.The studied buildings contains offices, classrooms and a play area.

Energy performance standardisation and regulation in Europe

Energy Performance (EP) standardisation and regulation is by a growing number of countriesconsidered as an attractive approach for achieving a more energy efficient built environment.Several countries have already enacted such EP based regulation (the Netherlands, France,Germany, ASHRAE approach in North America), or are preparing one (Greece, theFlemish Region).The European Council and Parliament are drafting a directive on the Energy Performance ofbuildings, imposing the institution of such regulation in every member state.This paper will give a general introduction to the issue of energy

Ashrae's residential ventilation standard : exegesis of proposed standard 62.2.

In June 2001 ASHRAE's Standard Project Committee on "Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings", SPC 62.2P, recommended and the Board of Directors approved ASHRAE's second complete standard on residential ventilation for public review; this was followed by public reviews of independent substantive changes in 2002 . The standard is an attempt by the Society to address concerns over indoor air quality in dwellings and to set minimum requirements that would allow for indoor air quality and energy efficiency measures to be evaluated.

Source book for efficient air duct systems in Europe

Ventilation, air conditioning and air heating systems are of vital importance for the health and comfort of residents and other building users. However, there exists a substantial body of literature that shows that HVAC systems performance can be greatly affected by inferior quality ductwork. To avoid these problems, it is important to pay greater attention to the design, construction, installation, and maintenance of ductwork systems, bearing in mind that the primary functions of the HVAC systems must be fulfilled.

"Clean ventilation" - A Finnish project towards cleaner ventilation systems

The aim of this document is to outline and summarize the principles to be followed when the aim isto produce and to install a clean air handling system. A large Finnish research and developmentproject CLEAN VENTILATION has focused on to find the main reasons and phases where theodours and other harmful pollution from the ventilation system originate. In the project bettertechnical solutions have been developed to produce cleaner components with less harmfulemissions.

Cleaning of ventilation and air conditioning plants : the European standard ENV 12097

The aim of the study was to evaluate the technical and financial impact of the ENV 12097 requirements and to compare them with the “state of the art” in France. The comparison has been carried out on the basis of a case study consisting in a three-floor o

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