LoginShows the development of a procedure at Princeton University which involves an instrumented energy audit combined with a partial retrofit, and especially applicable to post-war single-family housing.
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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Reports on the Swedish Energy Saving Survey of 1980, which produced two kinds of estimates on the effects of a number of energy conservation measures:< 1. Theoretical estimates based on simple degree-day models.< 2.
Presents the results of a Swedish survey of 1144 buildings to investigate the amount of energy saved from a number of different energy conservation measures.< Results show that the energy conservation measures result in a savings effect on aver
Reviews new regulations and their consequences for external wall structures.
Reports on single family dwellings fitted with energy-saving ventilation unit. Quotes energy savings of 10,000 Kwh/annum.
Discusses air heating and detached houses. Reviews current thinking in Finland and possible developments in Sweden.
Abstract of dissertation. Refers to new building regulations, tightness investigations, examples of external wall structures, cellar wall structures.
Characteristics of the ventilation in poultry buildings have been studied at the Hungarian Institute for Building Science.
Discusses the provision of German Standard DIN 18017 regarding requirements for the ventilation of inner rooms such as bathrooms and kitchens.
Discusses the use of a regenerative, air-to-air, rotary heat exchanger as part of a controlled ventilation system in a modern tightly built house. Describes analytical studies and the construction of a prototype.
In a modern residence with reduced air infiltration, a problem may arise if the fresh air requirement is left to natural leakage. The article discusses this problem, and describes techniques for measuring air leakage and typical results.
Reports on tracer gas to ascertain feasibility of use of isotope techniques and how quickly fresh air is distributed in a room under set conditions. Describes the use of 85 Kr isotope.
Gives instructions for weatherstripping and caulking houses, indicating which materials are best for different jobs, and comparing prices.
States that one of the major difficulties in estimating air infiltration rates in buildings is lack of full scale data on pressure distribution on various structural shapes located in different types of surface roughness category.
The needs, history, procedures, and past case studies for the house doctor approach are outlined.
This parameter study with the IMG calculation model for ventilation is an attempt at forming some background for decisions relating to the preparation of a standard in the Netherlands.
Gives a summary of the existing types of air infiltration measurement techniques and instrumentation using tracer gases.
Describes LBL's Mobile Infiltration Test Unit (MITU) which spent the 1980-1981 winter in the field collecting the data required for infiltration modelling.
Reports on a measurement system developed by the Institute of Technology at Tastrup Denmark, involving a microcomputer- controlled system for registering air change rates using tracer gas (nitrous oxide) according to the constant concentration met
Two series of pressurisation and ventilation measurements have been made in a low-energy house.