LoginThis paper presents a conceptual design of a Performance Benchmarking System (PBS)for buildings called Buildings PBS, which aims to create an online knowledge-basedsystem for the life-cycle performance assessment of buildings.
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 presents a multicriteria decision-making model for lifespan energy efficiencyoriented intelligent buildings (IBs) assessment.
The LARES Housing and Health survey conducted in representative samples of eightEuropean towns provides substantial data from 3,373 households about housingconditions and the health of 8,519 residents.
This paper reviews the results of a series of studies carried out since the early 1990’s to assess the performance of approximately 50 naturally ventilated, hybrid ventilated or air conditioned buildings in Sydney, Australia.
The Household Energy End-use Project (HEEP) has collected energy and temperaturedata on 397 randomly selected houses throughout New Zealand, providing a statisticallyrepresentative national sample.
Living room winter temperatures are explored using data from 397 randomly selectedhouses from the Household Energy End-use Project (HEEP).
Two thermal comfort surveys of people living in two types of naturally ventilatedhousing: traditional courtyard housing and apartment flats performed in Yazd Ilam arepresented in this article.
The paper presents a discussion of the issues surrounding the design of sustainable lowenergybuildings. The main focus is towards naturally ventilated and mixed-modebuildings (where mechanical cooling is only used when thought to be essential).
This analysis explores the pattern of variation of the desired thermal sensation on theASHRAE scale, applying for the first time the method of direct enquiry. Data are fromstudies of thermal comfort at university lectures and in dwellings.
A thermal comfort study was conducted at the School of Architecture, Institute ofTechnology Bandung (ITB) at Bandung - Indonesia, on the 8th October 2005. Bandung isthe capital of West Java province and is located at the 7o South Latitude.
Urban planners and architects need detailed information about the thermal conditions ofopen spaces for their design.
Then main objective of this work is to create subsidies for an analysis of Predicted MeanVote (PMV) from ISO 7730 (1994), for thermal comfort evaluation in Brazilianworkplaces.
Simulation of building performance is increasingly being used in design practice topredict comfort of occupants in finished buildings.
In this paper, the authors have studied the oxidation processes on air filter surfaces initiated by ozone.
This study shows that the removal of combustion products formed during cooking is more efficient in the newer homes than in those studied in the early-to mid-1980s.
The SEF (system effect factor) causes loss of capacity of fan volume attributed to poorly designed and installed duct fittings at the inlet or outlet fan.
In this article a conventional DX system is compared to three other all-electric enhanced dehumidification DX system packages to provide insight into their respective preformance capabilities.
Ashrae 62.1 and 62.2 standards set minimum ventilation rates that provide acceptable indoor air quality (IAQ) in occupied places. But these rates contribute to building mold problems in hot, humid climates.
The strongest justification for lowering ventilation rates would be epidemiological studies that link ventilation and health effects in several building types. In the past 25 years, few studies addressed that question in USA.
In this paper, results of air leakage testing in newly constructed multi-unit residential buildings are presented, they show that individual apartments are relatively airtight.