LoginDescribes a cooling design using ground water to prevent overheating in London's underground train network. More conventional air conditioning is unusable because of the problem of exhausting the excess heat.
Bibliographic database Airbase
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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The brief for this university campus design required a low energy building for the business school and the education faculty, with a wide variety of room sizes and functions.
States that the poor indoor air quality of US schools has become a real concern for students, parents and educators. This article discusses why the problem exists.
By now hybrid ventilation systems are being used successfully in many projects. Three projects will be used to create a picture of the way in which the hybrid ventilation system has been used and of the experience with it.
Hybrid ventilation systems may consist of a combination of natural ventilation for air supply and a mechanical exhaust system. The quality level of thermal comfort is influenced by e.g.
When natural ventilation is being used, the quality of the air inside a building depends on the quality of the outside air. What is the outside air quality trend in the urban environment and what are the forecasts for the future?
Discusses some of the many myths of energy efficient behaviour, and the importance of scepticism and awareness.
Discusses the importance of selling the cost benefit of tight building practices in the absence of national or local codes or regulations to mandate well-sealed apartment buildings.
Describes how home performance contractors in New York are able to partner up to benefit from the US Energy Star program.
The Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department has recently launched a set of guidance notes on indoor air quality (IAQ) management for offices and public places.
This paper presents a Chinese approach to ventilation and air conditioning, which are important measures needed to improve the indoor air environment of a building.
Gives brief details of three ventilation retrofits that showed good results. The case studies are selected from a group of ten carried out by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Gives brief details of the Canadian Construction Materials Centre's recent evaluation of three new ridge vent products made of either three-dimensional polymeric matting or moulded plastic.
Describes a new hospital whose wards will all be naturally ventilated. It is a highly serviced facility, with services accounting for 44% of the total construction cost of the building, but naturally ventilated wherever possible.
The Eden project consists of two massive 'biomes' situated at the bottom of a former clay pit in Cornwall, UK. They mimic a 'humid-tropic' and a 'warm-temperate' environment and each houses a wealth of plant life.
States that to be effective, insulation must be installed correctly. Studies have shown that even small imperfections in how insulation is installed will significantly reduce its performance.
Designing a ventilation system for a laboratory is challenging not only because these facilities consume a lot of energy and may contain materials that are toxic, flammable, explosive, infectious, or radioactive, but because standards and codes co
The provision of underground parking facilities (UPFs) has become a necessity particularly in densely populated urban areas and business districts. Indoor air quality (IAQ) in such facilities is of great concern due to vehicle induced emissions.