LoginThe European Directive2024/1275 issued in April 2024 reiterates the goal of having zero-emission buildings in 2050.The consequences in terms of lost energy and performance of poorly tight air ducting are among the biggest waste
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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According to the European regulation EN 12207:2017-03, the air permeability of windows and doors is categorized in four different classes and when they are installed on the building envelope, the declared air permeability class
Decisions about whether it is worthwhile to seal duct leakage in large buildings are based upon different needs in different applications, ranging from the need to meet diffuser/exhaust-grille flow requirements for ventilation r
This study aims to investigate the impact of changing residential user behaviour after the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-2021 on indoor health and comfort conditions.
Maintaining good indoor air quality (IAQ) post energy retrofit is essential to ensure the health and wellbeing of building occupants.
The Presentations the 44th AIVC - 12th TightVent - 10th venticool Conference "Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality", held in Dublin, Ireland on 9-10 Octobe
A composite rating scheme for indoor environmental quality (IEQ) can help provide a summary picture of buildings for occupants, inform the building managers regarding IEQ performance that need attention, and raise awareness on r
This study proposes the feasibility of a window-type liquid desiccant ventilation system for residential buildings. Using a LiCl solution, the system was designed and experimentally evaluated under hot and humid conditions.
Performance optimization of an office building with a dynamic façade system | 2024 | English | 10 pp
Buildings account for a substantial portion of global energy consumption, and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are responsible for approximately 40% of the buildings’ energy consumption.
This session will begin with providing an overview of presence Personal Environmental Control Systems (PECS) related mention in various countries national codes and standards formulated by industry organizations.
Urban heat island, with the associated urban overheating, is a well-documented phenomenon, which demonstrates the hazard related to local climate change and the related negative impacts at environment, economic, social and publi
Following the pandemic of Covid-19, the scientific interest in ventilation rate of buildings, and especially in spaces with high occupancy, has increased.
This article follows a first publication presented at the AIVC2022 conference (Handtschoewercker, 2022), with the preliminary results of the RENOVAIR project, that studies the impact of energy renovation works on social housing
Nowadays, the building sector faces many challenges on occupant and resource levels. Given many indoor environmental quality (IEQ) complaints collected by field surveys, the first challenge is to provide comfort improvements.
Global and local climate changes affect the energy performance of buildings, especially during the warm season, with relevant increase of cooling uses in mechanically cooled buildings and discomfort hours in naturally ventilated
There is a pressing need for large-scale energy retrofits in domestic dwellings to reduce carbon emissions.
Window opening behaviour can have an important impact on residential energy use, especially in energy efficient dwellings.
We proposed a new design of an affordable apartment with a closed-vertical void to improve the indoor natural ventilation especially for the leeward side of the building and constructed a full-scale experimental house in Indones
Noticeably higher concentrations of gaseous pollutants were measured in bedrooms than living rooms, and in winter than summer, where p-values were found to be of a stringent significance (average p = 0.008).
It is often difficult to implement prevention recommendations and plan targeted measures to limit the spread of airborne viruses in communal spaces.