The comparison of four methods for the calculation of deep-basement heat loss is presented along with measured data for three basement types. The Mitalas method was found to give results in best agreement with measured data followed by the finite element method (FEM) program, the European Standard and the ASHRAE Fundamentals method. The studied methods, with the exception of the European Standard of which the physical background was unknown, were chosen because each of them is also representative of a particular physical model of decreasing complexity in the above order.
The role of building services engineers in providing healthy and comfortable conditions in buildings as well as protecting the environment, is a very important one. Billy Manning considers the issues.
The computer program EMPTIED was used to assess the moisture performance of representative brick veneer and exterior insulation finish system (EIFS) walls under the climate conditions for fifteen locations in Canada The indoor conditions were assumed to be those expected in a one-bedroom apartment occupied by two persons which was ventilated with outdoor air at a constant rate of 0.3 air changes per hour.
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