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AIRBASE is the Bibliographic Database of the AIVC. It contains publications and abstracts of articles related to energy efficient ventilation. Where possible, sufficient detail is supplied in the bibliographic details for users to trace and order the material via their own libraries. Topics include: ventilation strategies, design and retrofit methods, calculation techniques, standards and regulations, measurement methods, indoor air quality and energy implications etc. Entries are based on articles and reports published in journals, internal publications and research reports, produced both by university departments and by building research institutions throughout the world. AIRBASE has grown and evolved over many years (1979 to present day, over 22000 references and 16000 documents available online). For most of the references, the full document is also available online.
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Based on observations conducted in an office building, we apply advanced statistical analysis methods, leading to the formulation of stochastic models for the prediction of buildings occupants’ actions on window openings and shading devices.
Several measurements were performed on an innovative perforated solar wall.
Adaptation to climate change on an urban scale is important, as increases in temperature will be inevitable according to future climate scenarios.
A measurement technique was developed on capture efficiency of commercial kitchen ventilation systems affected by disturbance due to HVAC diffusers and movement of kitchen workers.
This paper describes yearly and monthly optimization of greenhouse shells. Simulations adopt a validated building energy simulation program, adapted and re-validated for simulation of commercial greenhouses, including a tomato crop model.
The aim of this paper is to develop an opti-mization algorithm to control the temperature in the occupation zone, using reduced-order ap-proaches based on POD.
This paper presents a sensitivity analysis of Model based Predictive Control (MPC) performance, with the final goal to rank the building and system parameters influencing the robustness of the MPC.
In order to inform the design of a building or a group of buildings in relation to their potential energy efficiency, the main impact will be at the initial concept design stage.
Recent computational improvements allow for wind and thermal simulations on more complex urban configurations. Their thermo-aeraulic features can now be investigated by more sophisticated CFD models, coupled with energy ones.
The scope of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (2002/91/EC and 2010/31/EC) is the reduction of energy use in buildings in the EU.
Thermal renovation of buildings has other consequences than energy savings. In this project, a light framed renovation façade with a low U-value was added on existing heavy building envelop, for enhance its energy performance.
This paper explores a technique for generating marginal abatement cost curves for individual build-ings.