SARA aims to construct sustainable, cost effective, high energy performance, publicaccesseco-buildings that are immediately replicable at large scale in many locations.
This work evaluates the performance of different façade solutions, comparing simulation results of glass type and (internal and/or external) solar protection, in the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For the simulations, it was considered as
This paper reviews the results of a series of studies carried out since the early 1990’s to assess the performance of approximately 50 naturally ventilated, hybrid ventilated or air conditioned buildings in Sydney, Australia. A number of significant case
In the frame of the SARA project – Sustainable Architecture applied to Replicable public Access buildings – the Catalan Energy Institute ICAEN carried out different training and dissemination activities taking advantage of synergies with activities and ma
The BRITA in PuBs Information Tool is being developed within the EU 6th Framework integrated project “Bringing Retrofit Innovation to Application in Public Buildings - BRITA in PuBs”. The project has its main focus on the design, realisation, monitoring a
Oily wood preservatives Xylamit were used in the residential and public buildingindustry in Poland in the 1960s and 1970s for impregnation and fungicidal treatment.They were a source of air pollution due to the emission of toxic compounds causingthe deterioration of hygienic conditions indoors. The most serious negativeconsequences, felt to this day, were caused by the use of these preparations toimpregnate porous fibreboards laid in the ceilings of buildings as insulation in theindustrial systems of residential building industry (the so-called large panelbuildings).
The BRITA in PuBs project (Bringing Retrofit Innovation To Application in Public Buildings)aims at increasing the market penetration of innovative and effective retrofit solutions toimprove energy efficiency and implement renewables, with moderate additional costs.In the first place, this is realised by the exemplary retrofit of 8 public demonstrationbuildings in the four participating European regions (North, Central, South, East).
In European demonstration projects the main interest is in new technologies and in how tospread the application of best practices. Strategies to manage processes and to involvestakeholders are less developed. When technologies fail to have the calculated energyperformance, then occupant behaviour is mentioned as the unknown variable. Often theoccupants are viewed as a problem group rather than the starting point for innovations.It is possible to develop projects bottom up and to reach high performance qualitynonetheless.
The incidence of asthma and allergy has increased throughout the developed worldover the past forty years (1). The incidence is much higher for children than adults.From being a relatively uncommon disease, a few decades ago, allergies today, inmany regions, are affecting a large part of the population. The European AllergyWhite Paper (1997) noted that with the exception of AIDS, only few diseases, besidesallergies, have increased two- or three-fold within a short time (2). Allergic diseasesare supposed to be caused by a complex interaction between genetic andenvironmental exposures.
indoor exposures, such as VOCs, phthalates, tobacco smoke and biological agents.This paper focuses solely on the biological exposures. Exposures to allergens,microbial agents and other biological particles are risk factors to these health effects,but the exact causal connections or the mechanisms underlying the symptoms are stillnot well understood. Among the open questions are e.g.
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