LoginBefore conducting data analysis, the data collected through questionnaires must be validated. The three steps of that validation procedure are presented in this paper.
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 study explores the role and significance of the physical and psychosocial work environment in explaining Sick Building Syndrome.
The feasibility of achieving ultra low respirable suspended particulates (RSP) in commercial offices without major modification of existing ventilation systems by enhancing the particulates removal effiiency of existing central ventilation syste
That study has demonstrated that sensory evaluation is an effective tool for evaluating the impact of sorption on the acceptability of indoor air.
Finding an effective ventilation system that can contribute to minimizing the airborne transmission of infectious diseases in hospital wards at relatively lower cost was the aim of that study.
This study developed a CFD technique to investigate indoor airflow patterns combined with PM1, PM2.5, PM10 removal ability in ventilated multi-room buildings.The simulated results showed that coarse particles were easier to be removed out of the b
Ozone has direct, and adverse effects on human health.
In that study sampling methods for airborne endotoxin are compared in order to find a standard method .
Large spaces often have different usage requirements in the different parts of the room, and the ventilation system is rarely suited to obtain separate conditions in those spaces.
A Task Ambient Conditioning (TAC) system has been adopted in a low-storey building of 20,000 m2 floor area in Tokyo suburb.
The main aim of the SOLANOVA project was to transfer the know-how of ultra low energy and passive houses to a sustainable retrofit of the huge stock of obsolete panel buildings in Eastern Europe.
Air cleaning technologies for VOCs are not well established.
During renovation work of an old military building, the coal tar pitch that was used as a traditional water barrier, was left under the new carpeting.
In this paper, the proposition is to use free wind in order to create suction pressure within a ventilation duct with no consumption of commercial energy. The possibilities of this suction cylinder concept in a ventilation system are discussed.
For that study, the transfers of air across revolving doors have been observed , in that aim a small-scale laboratory model was used that revealed the existence of a critical revolution rate , where transfers are maximal for a given combination o
For that work, a numerical study is carried out to define the optimum airside system design of tomb air ventilation systems, that will provide the best comfort and healthiest conditions with optimum energy use.
The ventilation of underground car parks is essential to avoid health problems. The aim of that study is to assess the impact of the use of axial ventilators (jet fans) suspended under the car park ceilings.
In 2000, two similar blocks of flats with clean and effective ventilation system and low emitting building materials were built for people with respiratory illnesses.
That numerical study confirms the high efficiency of that new device for ventilation and cooling application : the air-jet device with moving parts.
Three new efficiency measures are defined based on the buoyancy distribution with the space. The first one is a time-averaged efficiency for a space considered as a whole. The second is an instantaneous measure for the whole space.