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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 describes a performance-based evolution model using GA as the evolution algorithm and CFD as the evaluation mechanism.
The evaluation of shading devices is generally carried out using a sequence of shadow pattern images showing the progression of solar penetration for particular times of the day or year.
In this study, formulae for predicting projected area factors and view factors of individual body parts of standing and sedentary humans for detailed radiation analysis were developed.
It is necessary for fire safety that in case of a flash-over situation, the windows in the outer skin would break very fast and before the windows in the inner façade would break, so that the model of Law is valid in which case the NEN 6068 could
A preliminary investigation is made into the global variation in irradiance under the Clear, the Intermediate (partly cloudy) and the Overcast sky conditions (Nakamura et. al., 1986, 1987).
The international building physics toolbox (IBPT) is a software library specially constructed for HAM system analysis in building physics.
Four areas in Texas have been designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as non-attainment areas because ozone levels exceed the NAAQS1 maximum allowable limits.
Radiant heating and cooling, including building component embedded systems, have become a common heating and/or cooling technology in the recent few years.
The validation and development of turbulence models are still important issues related to Computa- tional Fluid Dynamics for ventilation purposes. The present work continues the work initiated by (Voigt, 2002).
Two room air conditioners were modeled in order to predict the total cooling capacity, the sensible cooling capacity and the Energy Efficiency Ratio (E.E.R.) of each appliance.
This paper presents "Scythe and Sew", a software environment for analyzing lighting simulation data. It provides a spreadsheet like infrastructure for manipulating high-dimensional simulation results.
The purpose of this paper is to explain the indoor thermal radiation environment of the human body in detail. Using a 3-D human body model, shape factor calculations between a human body and surroundings are executed.
The software Sim_Zonal is a tool for evaluating indoor temperature and air flow distributions for residential and office buildings.
The performances of air conditioning equipments, like heat pumps, chillers or air conditioners, derive not only from the operative thermal levels, but also from the building requirement trend which normally involves frequent reductions of t
The non-uniform behavior of the air inside a room, which is important in comfort analysis, can be evaluated by zonal models.
The barriers to simulation deployment in design practice are well documented.
A computer-model is used to simulate the evacuation of the occupants in a building.
HVAC systems that supply both space heating and domestic hot water are becoming more popular in residential buildings In North America.
A two-level analysis was used to study the economic potential of implementing Building Cooling, Heating and Power (BCHP) technologies in the U.S.