LoginClimate of the Po Valley, in northern Italy, typically is hot humid during summer and cold during winter.
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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This paper focuses on the effect of water sprinkling on the fluctuation of the surface temperatures of materials, which are widely used in the urban open spaces of Greek cities, and are exposed to solar radiation.
During the summer, the materials, which are used in the “skin” of Greek cities display very elevated surface temperatures.
This paper shows the building of the Intelligent Energy Research Center - CPEI, built at the Federal Center of Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG).
Decisions in the first stage of the design process have to respond to often discordant requirements of quantitative reliability and operational effectiveness and have to be pursued with a systemic, environmental approach.
REVIVAL is an energy demonstration project supported by the European Commission under the THERMIE programme. There are six demonstration sites in five EU countries.
Sustainable and ecological are becoming fashionable words for advertising products: ecological car, ecological food, ecological bag, even ecological fuel. To claim that a product is sustainable or ecological helps to sell it.
The Sino-Italy Environment & Energy Building (SIEEB) is regarded as a platform to develop the bilateral long-term cooperation between Italy and China in the environment and energy fields, and a model case for showing the CO2 emission reduction
influenced by various factors, such as the type of use (offices, residences, etc.), shape, placement, building materials, meteorological conditions etc.
Cultivation of crops such as tomatoes or lettuce in a modern hydroponic growing system reduces water consumption, requires no soil, doubles the growth rate, and enables year-round production.
In the last years, the terms “ecological, sustainable, green” have been used and abused, also in buildings and settlements design.
This paper describes an experimental study about thermal performance of different glazing materials in prototypes.
This research work presents the experimental results of the thermal performance of the envelope of a prototype low cost house built in a new sustainable community located in a prevailing temperate climate, with extreme diurnal and seasonal tempera
This work describes a study aiming to establish the coupled impact of the increase of the insulation of the building envelope and the adoption of night ventilation upon the thermal performance of buildings.
This paper assesses the role of design and operational parameters in a night ventilated library building that has been designed for a maritime type climate.
This paper describes a study, developed in the district of Petropolis in the city of Natal, Brazil.
Recent developments in enhancing heat transfer in cooling towers, together with the success of chilled ceilings, have prompted a review of the evaporative cooling technique. in temperate maritime climates.
The most diffuse standards which define a low energy building focus their attention to the reduction of consumptions during the heating period.
The architectural and technological design of buildings needs a performance-based approach that takes into account the wider needs of the sustainability-oriented approach.
Abandoned and flooded mines are present high potential for geothermal utilization of low-temperature water from remaining underground spaces.