LoginFenestration and its design have a significant impact on the energy use associated with the artificial lighting, heating and cooling of a building.
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 provides an overview of a new method for modelling the total solar energy transmittance.
This paper proposes an interactive goal-based method for designing daylit buildings. The lighting simulation tool which supports this process is a hybrid global illumination rendering method which efficiently computes annual daylighting metrics.
In non-residential buildings, comfort and energy demand for heating, cooling and lighting are significantly influenced by the façade.
Solar shading can be used to decrease the cooling power demand and cooling energy use but that also reduces the possible benefit for heating with the incoming solar radiation when there is a heating need.
This paper deals with the calibration of models capa-ble of simulating the performance of MicroShadeTM.
This study compares three different control strategies for double-skin systems. The analyzed control strategies are (1) rule-based approach, (2) exhaustive search and (3) gradient-based search.
The use of operable shading devices impacts building loads significantly. The need exists for an explicit treatment of window shading devices in the design of energy efficient buildings through simulation.
Shading devices used to protect from unwanted solar radiation acting on interior surfaces change air velocity and volume flow rates depending on their geometry and position on the building exterior.
Sensitivity analysis is a key part of a comprehensive energy simulation study. Monte-Carlo techniques have been successfully applied to many simulation tools.
In this paper, a sensitivity analysis has been carried out on a set of variables identified during the building conceptual design stage. The sensitivity analysis is performed on a simple intermediate floor of a typical multi-storey office represen
Increasing attention is being paid to the application of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis methods to model validation and building simulation. The idea is to let users to apply uncertainty bands to their model input data.
In practise many buildings show significant deviation between the predicted annual energy consumption and the actual energy consumption.
In order to assess the influence of energy reduction initiatives, to determine the expected annual cost, to calculate life cycle cost, emission impact, etc. it is crucial to be able to assess the energy consumption reasonably accurate.
Air quality in aircraft cabins has long been criticized. Current widely-used air distribution systems on airplanes dilute inside generated pollutants by promoting air mixing and thus impose risks of infectious airborne disease transmission.
The present study aims to validate several cross and single-sided natural ventilation models implemented in the Building Hygrothermal and Energy Simulation program PowerDomus (Mendes et al., 2003) i.e.
This study analyses vertical temperature profiles for displacement ventilation depending on a ceiling height of an small office room. This study purposes to investigate the influence of the ceiling height on thermal comfort of the occupants.
Mixed-Mode ventilation is an innovative approach that maximizes the use of natural ventilation and uses supplementary mechanical cooling only when strictly required.
This paper demonstrates a systematic approach towards exploring the impact of urban built form and the heat island effect on the levels of domestic energy consumption in London.
With very low rates of replacement of the existing somewhat dated housing stock a key challenge for nations to meet their emissions reduction targets during the coming years will be to improve the energy performance of existing buildings within th