LoginPresents the underlying theoretical basis for measuring air flows in complex, multi-cellular buildings and by reviewing the existing experimental procedures which enables the carrying out of these measurements.
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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One limiting factor in achieving optimum thermal performance in shutters is air leakage around the shutter edges. Describes a motor driven shutter using multilayer curtains employing a magnetic type edge seal.
Presents a model for computing the infiltration and air flow between rooms of a multi-room building in terms of basic principles of fluid mechanics.
Measures the air change rate in 2 atrium houses and in 6 terrace houses. Examines the possibility of allocating the air change to particular rooms by correctly placed and operated exhaust ventilation and ventilation openings.
A wind-tunnel model study of the experimental building at Aylesbury, England has been conducted at scales of of 1:25, 1:50 and 1:100.
Due to energy shortage and increased energy costs, there seems to be conflicting interest between hygiene and comfort on one hand, and energy economy on the other.
Notes the trend to installing windowless kitchens, bathrooms and W.C.s in the internal zones of dwellings.
A survey of retrofitting possibilities for the amateur. Air infiltration, air quality, insulation and heat flow are described simply. Detailed examples are given of retrofitted houses. Various products available in Canada are listed.
Describes expectations people have of indoor climate. Notes that the quality of indoor climate has often taken second place to fashionable architectural and material considerations.
Describes a mathematical model for the detailed calculation of ventilation heat losses in buildings.
This literature survey contains references pertaining to the physical properties of radon and its daughters, instrumentation for their measurement, health effects, surveys and measurements, and regulatory information.
Produced to provide a common method for research workers to set out experimental data, so assisting abstraction for subsequent analysis or mathematical model development.
Second worldwide survey by AIC containing 149 replies from 20 countries.
Deterioration of air conditioning system in a hospital in Boston was found to derive from a strain of Pseudomonas sp. on heat transfer tubes of the closed chilled water system. Growth was stimulated by ethylene glycol antifreeze.