This paper gives formulas for optimal design of all-air systems regarding costs, allowing to calculate the optimum outdoor air rates in office buildings.

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.

The aim of this study is to evaluate different control strategies on ventilation in a bathroom and their efficiency. Comments are given on running time periods as well as reaction of different controls (occupation, CO2/COV, humidity).

Three algorithms (steady-state, dynamic, proportional) for CO2-demand controlled ventilation, coupled with three methods for determining minimum air flow rates (Ashrae 62, CEN CR 1752, Polish standard) and three occupancy scenarios, have been analysed in a research project to promote such systems in Poland. Results show that not only algorithms, but also minimum flow rate requirements, influence the operation of the system.

The revision of Ashrae standard 62, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, began in 1991. This article gives a summary of the changes that have been approved and describes the issues that remain to be resolved.

Describes the content of the European and International standard EN-ISO 13792 which allows the simplified calculation of the internal temperature in hot season of a room without mechanical cooling.

The article presents the scope and content of ISO 13790 standard which is intended to calculate the energy use for space heating of buildings. Information is given about the accuracy of the standard calculation method.

Describes what could be the requirements of a European standard (not yet numbered) prepared by Technical Committee 156 (Working Group 7) of CEN (European Standardization Committee) about the calculation of energy requirements for buildings with room conditioning systems.

A CFD code has been used to design and optimize the ventilation system of a building dedicated to auto-racing (120 000 persons, 45 cars). The constraints are the dimensions of the building, the heat and pollutants due to cars, their high speed and the size of granstands. The article shows the interest of airflow modeling to study the complex ventilation system of such a building.

Conditions of human thermal comfort was studied as function of the following parameters : dry bulb temperature (22.8 to 27.8 °C), relative humidity (20 to 65%), air velocity (0.15 and 0.25 m/s) and activity level (1 and 2.3 met) with a panel of 256 person