LoginRawshans has been one of the traditional architectural devices that are still being used in recent buildings as an environmental controlling device.
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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The amount of waste produced every year, the exhaustion of resources and the construction solutions currently used in construction may not be sustainable in the future.
Substantial effort has recently been devoted to passive solar desiccant air dehumidification.
The first part of the paper gives criticisms of convetional practice in landscape architecture in hot humids climates, in terms or efficient utilization of energy.
Windows are considered an important factor for comfort in residential and commercial buildings.
Natural ventilation is one of the most efficient passive cooling techniques for buildings. Knowledge of the wind speed in street canyons is the necessary condition for the application of such a technique in dense urban configurations.
This work presents the first step of the development of a new concept of photovoltaic/ thermal collector that will be combined with preheating air and/or water production. It consists in a simplified mathematical modeling of a PV/T air collector.
Integration of solar energy systems in architecture is becoming more important in order to achieve energy savings and optimize the introduction of RES in the real estate sector.
The potential for evaporative cooling to meet Turkey’s growing cooling demand is investigated based on thermodynamics and human comfort.
This paper considers a double facade for preheating of fresh air, generation of electricity with integrated photovoltaic panels and storage of solar energy in phase-change material - butyl stearate absorbed in gypsum board.
Urban settlements bring about variations of the local meteorological characteristics. One of the most important effects is the increase of the temperature in urban areas in comparison with the neighbouring rural environment.
A considerable potential exists for energy conservation in buildings, by means of reducing the heating loads and especially the cooling loads.
This paper is aimed to present the analysis made over scale models for a calid climate region on simulated conditions (heliodon, wind tunnel).
The study of thermal environment around buildings is of great importance for residential microclimatic conditions.
Providing optimum cooling and heating of residential buildings of hot and dry regions in Iran so far has been according to the relations of ecology, so that using architectural methods based on climate, local materials and also culture has damaged
Environmental and natural phenomena play a very significant role in laying the region's interrelated cultural, economic and social infrastructures.
This paper deals with the use of computer simulations both for design support of a new building including its heating, ventilation and airconditioning (HVAC) systems and for optimization of the HVAC control strategy during operation of the complet
In this paper the effect of insect screens and vent configuration of a tunnel greenhouse cultivated with a tomato crop on airflow, temperature and humidity patterns was numerically analyzed using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) cod
This paper presents a simulation case that shows the impact on energy consumption of a building applying photovoltaic shading systems.
The study that is being undertaken at the University of Porto, Portugal, aims at creating a decision tool, based on the appropriate ventilation strategies for the cooling of buildings in hot humid climates.