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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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Air quality in the surroundings of three cement plants, which are the most representatives for different industrialization levels (one in Belgium, one in Algeria and one in Vietnam), is estimated by gaseous and dust concentration measurements and
Thermoeconomics is the combination of thermodynamics using exergy with economics. The objective of thermoeconomics is to minimise a total cost function, which includes capital, maintenance and running costs.
The centralized cooling plant considered equips an important office building in Brussels. This 54 000 mP2P building has a design cooling demand of about 5.7 MW.
The energy rehabilitation of district heating system requires a proper expert survey of secondary loop including thermal substation, heat carrier distribution network and buildings of residences.
Moisture is one of the most important factors affecting building envelope durability and performance, especially in cold climates.
Agricultural products play a significant role and could yield substantial amount of foreign exchange for a tropical country like India. However, in India 30% of the agricultural products are spoiled in storage and transit.
Genetic algorithms are introduced as a tool for solving parametric optimisation problems, and their previous use in engineering applications is reviewed.
CCAnalytically modeling the complex fluid flow phenomena that occurs during natural convective heat transfer in fenestration system cavities (windows, doors, skylights, curtain-walls, etc.) is a complex task.
In this paper, the steady state thermal conditions of body exercising in a hot environment is evaluated, in which the thermal equilibrium of human body seems to be attained in less than one hour.
Environmental comfort is usually overlooked during both the design and the construction of a building.
This paper summarises the results of a now completed three year research programme into the modelling and control of variable air volume air conditioning.
As well as assessing the Building Sickness Score and a measure of stress, the questionnaire uses a double-Likert section rating the liking and importance of up to 24 environmental and organisational and human factors.
Detailed simulations of lighting and HVAC energy consumption were performed on a prototype office building in six North American climates.
The paper analyses the transient behavior of a vertical plate evaporator for ammonia, this piece of equipment belonging to a refrigeration machine or heat pump.
A mathematical model of transient response of floor heating systems to ambient temperature variation is developed based on equivalent thickness method.
In apartment buildings with a collective heating system usually a weather compensator is used for controlling the heat delivery to the various apartments.