LoginUrban indoor air quality (IAQ) is an international health issue, since city dwellers spend 90% of theirtime indoors.
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 report describes the results from the questionnaire and detailed survey conducted in 2004 to 2006.The 15 items of questionnaire included in facilities management, maintenance management, savingenergy, art gallery facilities.
The gas cooking device and the induction heating (IH) cooking heater is used for cooking. Weexamined a difference of diffusion characteristics of odor emitted at the gas cooking device and the IHcooking heater.
We developed an air cleaner (AC) for chemical sensitivity (CS) patients.
The double-glazed external wall (double-skin) system is an effective passive technique that candecrease solar heat gain into the building.
To promote the effort for energy conservation, it is also important to estimate the indoor environmentalquality (IEQ) from the aspect of office workers productivity.
Outbreaks of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) first gained attention in the 1970s in the USA, with thedevelopment of more energy-efficient buildings that depend on mechanical ventilation systems tocirculate fresh air, as well as to control air tempera
The methodology to describe the individual difference in temperature regulation of human body intransient state is proposed in this paper.
There are a lot of aspects for evaluation of odor. Not only the hedonics aspects but also thepleasantness aspects are very important for the building design.
Particulate matter is a complex mixture of extremely small particles and liquid droplets. It is a diversepollutant class whose excessive presence in indoor air contributes to an array of adverse health andmaterial-damage effects.
A subjective experiment was conducted using 15 college-aged subjects of both genders in order toevaluate their physiological and psychological reactions, performance and fatigue under the differentcombinations of indoor humidity, local air velocit
Subjective experiments were carried out in a climate chamber using Japanese subjects, in order toevaluate human comfort at very low humidity. Two levels of absolute humidity were set.
Holonic Energy Systems (HES) refer to systems where distributed generation and centralized powergeneration are organically combined to establish optimal operation, based on a good balance betweenthe whole and its parts, but not on optimization of
A desiccant air-conditioning system has been suggested as being suitable to improve indoor air qualitydue to its superior humidity control.
This study has explored the possibility and potential of using a thermal active mass system for reducingthe temperature rise and increasing the thermal comfort in an office room.
The prediction of plume dispersion near buildings is very important for the design of exhaust stacks andair intakes in order to avoid adverse air quality impacts.
Total heat exchanger model based on experimental results was incorporated in the entire buildingmodel with the stay and internal generation of heat and with window opening-closing schedule, andenergy-saving effects of total heat exchangers were ev
This study investigated the feasibility of using the spatial distribution of expiratory aerosols and thepercentage viability of airborne viruses to estimate the spatial exposure levels of airborne viruses inrooms under imperfectly mixed condition.
This paper presents further developments in a new study of a hybrid ventilation system suitable foruse in domestic buildings or classrooms. Currently the hybrid system is used solely for providing fresh,warm air.
A task/ambient air-conditioning system with natural ventilation was installed in a high-rise office buildingin Osaka, Japan.