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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Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) sensors measuring Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) seem to be an obvious step towards broadly available Demand Controlled Ventilation (DCV).
Jakub Kolarik
The existing standards for testing gas-phase air cleaners are based on challenging them with gaseous substances.
Kanta Amada, Lei Fang, Bjarne W. Olesen, Shin ichi Tanabe, Pawel Wargocki
The offer of air cleaners has increased significantly since the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. However, it is not clear to what extent they can contribute to indoor air quality.
Hannelore Scheipers, Arnold Janssens, Jelle Laverge
The TAIL rating scheme for assessing the quality of Thermal, Acoustic, Indoor air, Luminous, and the overall environment was initially developed to assess indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in hotels and offices.
Minh Tien Tran, Wenjuan Wei, Claire Dassonville, Corinne Mandin, Mickael Derbez, Christophe Martinsons, Pascal Ducruet, Valérie Héquet, Pawel Wargocki
A Canadian provincial government has initiated a collaboration with the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) team of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to conduct a controlled intervention study to determine the effectiveness of portable air cleane
Liang Grace Zhou, Chang Shu, Justin Berquist, Janet Gaskin, Greg Nilsson
This project aims to enhance the odor environment in laundry and linen rooms in nursing homes.
Stig Koust, Freja Rydahl Rasmussen, Morten Stoltenberg
As a result of the new initiatives and regulations towards nearly zero energy buildings, designers are more frequently exploiting the cooling potential of the climate to reduce overheating and improve indoor well-being of people.
Valentina Radice Fossati, Annamaria Belleri, Dick van Dijk
Some airborne pathogens can infect susceptible people over long distances in buildings when they are transported in small respiratory particles suspended in the air.
Benjamin Jones, Christopher Iddon, Max Sherman
Accounting for inter- and intra-personal differences requires individual and cohort comfort models. For their development, emulators for thermal sensation of occupants are needed.
Dragos-Ioan Bogatu, Jun Shinoda, José Joaquín Aguilera, Bjarne W. Olesen, Futa Watanabe, Yosuke Kaneko, Ongun B. Kazanci
On June 24, 2023, ASHRAE approved the publication of Standard 241-2023 Control of Infectious Aerosols.
Max Sherman, Benjamin Jones
Personalized Environmental Control Systems (PECS) have advantages of controlling the localized environment at occupants’ workstation by their preference instead of conditioning an entire room.
Bjarne W. Olesen, Ongun B. Kazanci
Buildings account for 40% of EU energy consumption and 36% of the energy related greenhouse gas emissions at present.
Maha Sohail, Adam O’Donovan, Christopher Plesner, Paul D. O’Sullivan
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about indoor ventilation conditions worldwide.
Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Ibrahim Reda, Shujie Yan, Eslam Ali, Dahai Qi, Theodore Stathopoulos, Andreas Athienitis
The main focus of this paper can be summarized in terms of the following two presuppositions: i) The process through which we select and apply indoor-environmental quality (IEQ) constructs could be – perhaps should be – improved; ii) Such improvem
Ardeshir Mahdavi, Christiane Berger
This study introduces a novel conceptual design of a mobile DV cooling unit that is aimed to support the ventilation and reinforce the thermal stratification in DV rooms.
Toshio Yamanaka, Choi Narae, Tomohiro Kobayashi, Aya Essa, Noriaki Kobayashi, Miharu Komori, Nobuki Matsui, Tetsuya Okamoto, Takeshi Arakawa, Yuki Yamoto, Shogo Otaka
The development of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) made it possible to simulate the detailed flow field and temperature field within the room.
Haruna Yamasawa, Sung-Jun Yoo, Kazuki Kuga, Kazuhide Ito
An approach has previously been developed to estimate space-specific carbon dioxide (CO2) levels that can serve as metrics for the adequacy of outdoor ventilation rates.
Oluwatobi Oke, Andrew Persily
Indoor air quality in residential buildings has been attracting more attention from the public. Many portable air cleaner products have been developed and are available in the market.
Kathrine Andersen, Stig Koust, Freja Rydahl Rasmussen, Li Rong
With rising insulation standards and air tightness in buildings, the use of mechanical ventilation becomes more relevant. In this context, energy recovery offers a significant contribution to the decarbonisation of building operations.
Martin Kremer, Kai Rewitz, Dirk Müller
Most New Zealand schools are designed to be naturally ventilated, using openable windows (Ministry of Education Design Quality Standard Guidelines). Furthermore, they must meet the New Zealand Building Code Clause G4 - Ventilation.
Lara Tookey, Mikael Boulic, Barry McDonald, Wyatt Page, Pawel Wargocki, Hennie van Heerden

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