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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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Climate change has exacerbated the summertime overheating in buildings, necessitating resilient adaptation strategies.
Buildings energy renovation is a major priority in most European countries in order to achieve a fully decarbonized building stock by 2050.
The paper introduces an approach for assessing the resilience of buildings to both current heat waves and their recurrence in the future under the impact of climate change.
Building airtightness is of foremost importance because of its impact on global energy consumption, but also on occupant’s comfort, dimensioning of ventilation systems, hygrothermal behaviour, fire safety, etc.
Thermal comfort of adolescents (10-17 year olds) in school classrooms is an important but less explored topic. The classroom thermal environment impacts students comfort, learning, and health.
In France, the regulation context for ventilation is based on the decree « Arreté de 1982 » which is a prescriptive regulation, requiring extracted flowrate in every utility room.
The global demand to improve the energy performance of buildings has led to greater air tightness and uncertainty in the ability of natural ventilation to maintain adequate indoor environmental quality.
In Spain, the construction sector has undergone significant changes over the last twenty years due to new ventilation standards driven by increased awareness of indoor air quality (IAQ) and energy efficiency, as well as environm
Project RESILIENCE set out to examine overheating risk in a variety of non-residential building archetypes, but also examined several aspects of both overheating risk metrics and indoor thermal resilience evaluation criteria.
Steady state and dynamic simulations tools based on current ISO standards play a crucial role in designing thermal envelopes that are robust and minimise risks of interstitial and surface condensation.
In high-efficient residential buildings, energy use due to ventilation can reach 60% of the total building.
This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation of Relative Humidity-Controlled Mechanical Extract Ventilation (RH-MEV) systems installed in multi-family social housing buildings, focusing on the assessment of in-situ aging and t
Improving air quality in existing classrooms can be difficult if retrofitting a mechanical ventilation system is considered too expensive or cannot be implemented due to other reasons, e.g., heritage protection.
The field of building ventilation and indoor air quality (IAQ) often employs indoor CO2 concentrations as an indicator of outdoor air ventilation rates and, in some cases, as a contaminant impacting human health and comfort.
Controlling air infiltration is crucial to ensure thermal comfort, optimal performance of ventilation systems, and the overall energy efficiency of buildings.
Efforts must be made to promote the use of efficient ventilation systems in buildings with the aim of reducing energy demand, as ventilation is a major source of energy loss.
Ventilation guidelines for Flemish childcare and psychological care centres | 2024 | English | 10 pp
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have expressed the need for practical ventilation guidelines to maintain acceptable indoor air quality (IAQ) in the public care sector, where vulnerable groups reside.
The research exposes a critical feedback loop: the building sector's high energy consumption and emissions contribute significantly to climate change. Warming temperatures, in turn, lead to increased reliance on energy-intensiv
In recent years, population exposure to air pollution has been a major concern. Indoor air quality (IAQ) is mainly monitored with CO2-concentration-based indicators.