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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 presents a simulation study employed for the optimization of the building envelope for a new university building located in Montreal (latitude 450N).
Air infiltration through revolving doors may have significant impact on the heating load of commercial and institutional spaces, and may create discomfort to people. This paper modifies a 40-year old model by Schutrum et al.
Hourly energy simulation was used in combination with a life cycle assessment framework to model the environmental effects of energy consumption in buildings.
The rapidly developing Internet broadband network offers new opportunities for deploying a range of energy, environment and health-related services for people in their homes and workplaces.
This paper describes the application of a building simulation program to construct a decision-support tool for use by policy makers addressing the needs of the Scottish domestic housing sector.
The sky view factor indicates the relationship between the visible area of the sky and the area covered by urban structures.
Skylights can offer useful benefits in reducing building energy consumption and improving building occupants satisfaction.
This article presents a one-dimensional model of spray vaporization that can be easily used in thermal performance simulations of buildings.
The aim of the European SSHORT (Sustainable Social Housing Refurbishment Technologies) project is to increase and promote rational and efficient use of energy in the retrofitting of social housing buildings.
Consoclim is a building energy simulation software package which aims to simplify the input data. The building is modelled by only one capacity and five resistances.
The Design Analysis Integration (DAI)-Initiative aims to steer towards new solutions for design analysis integration.
The purpose of this research is to develope a simplified method to predict the relationship between the design of architecture envelope and the air- conditioning load in Taiwan.
Embedded generation has been described as a “paradigm shift” in the way in which electricity is produced, with the focus of power production shifting away from large centralised generation plants to production of heat and power close
The hygrothermal behavior of a building component exposed to weather is an important aspect of the overall performance of a building.
A web-based, non-expert daylighting analysis tool has been developed to support daylighting-related design decisions in peripheral private offices during an early design stage.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software is increasingly being used to predict the effects of wind on buildings and on the people in and around them.
Building simulation programs normally do not take into account moisture effects in soils temperature determination.
The first energy efficiency law for Brazil was presented in 2001, which required that buildings should have some energy efficiency regulation. Salvador city building code was then submitted to a study to include energy efficiency par
While a lot of attention has been given in the study of indoor air distribution and its thermal performance, buildings clustered together in a development modify the outdoor environment to a great extent and the outdoor thermal performance of such