LoginDescribes a study carried out to analyse the findings of VOC levels found in a tropical office building under different conditions of ventilation operation.
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.
Access to the publications is free of charge.
Considers how ventilation provision affects the indoor air quality in tropical climates, and the energy aspect.
In an office renovate one year previously, a study of perceived air quality, sick building syndrome symptoms and subject performance was made.
Many buildings in Austria experience poor indoor climate states and critical states of their construction.
The effectiveness of personalized ventilation based on air movement around a room's occupant largely depends on the supply air terminal device or ATD. Five different ATDs were tried and compared.
This study investigates the viability and cost effectiveness of natural ventilation in Istanbul.
This study discusses the results of site measurement and surveying for IEQ in several of Shanghai's multi-storey buildings.
This paper is based upon the results of measuring and simulating the air change in the single apartment of 5-storey multi-family dwelling. The technique of tracer gas concentration decay was applied to be able to assess the rate of air change.
During extreme weather conditions, the poor quality of windows and doors in several dwellings led to a high number of air changes. This created physical and psychical discomfort for the occupants.
The importance of IAQ to Finland's society and economy has led to the realisation that nationally planned and coordinated activities are necessary to achieve reliable results.
Many occupants of a Swedish office building reported symptoms typical of sick building syndrome (SBS). A questionnaire was constructed to rate occupants'
Many occupants of a Swedish office building reported symptoms typical of sick building syndrome (SBS). Tests showed that the supply airflows were inadequate, but there was poor air movement in the rooms.
Several problems can occur if the design, installation and maintenance of HVAC systems fail to follow appropriate standards.
This study was based upon a laboratory comparison of two air duct cleaning methods, mechanical brushing and compressed air cleaning.
A good air quality control system ensures that the most common harmful gaseous contaminants are kept below permissible levels particularly in forced ventilated spaces.
States that zero and low wind speed occurrences are often overestimated in standard meteorological data for use by HVAC engineers because of the use of the robust, rotating cup anemometers.
Describes the development of a particle imaging velocimetry (PIV) measurement system for use with full-scale room airflows.
States that inconsistency exists in thermal comfort conditions for local air movement.
Empirical validation studies of the application of multizone indoor air quality models to residential-scale buildings are reviewed here. The focus is on empirical verification efforts.
Describes a study carried out to validate multizone airflow and contaminant migration simulation programs as they apply to the modelling of tall buildings. Tracer gas experiments were performed in a building on a university campus.