LoginThis study explored the design optimization possibilities for Danish retirement homes while considering an increased risk of overheating due to elevated temperatures imposed by climate change.
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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Children spend about 80-90% of their time indoors, making the quality of indoor environments (IEQ) crucial, particularly since children are more susceptible to pollutants due to their developing bodies and higher relative air in
This paper provides a background regarding building ventilation regulations and inspection requirements in Ireland.
The increasing severity and duration of climate change is that extremes – notably heatwaves, increases the risk of human thermal stress in indoor environments where people spend most of their times.
This work quantifies the chronic harm caused by long-term exposure to common indoor air contaminants in dwellings located in the global north. Two methods are used to compute DALYs.
French regulation regarding residential ventilation dates from 1982. Almost every new residential buildings constructed since then are equipped with a mechanical ventilation system.
Ensuring the airtightness of building envelopes is crucial for enhancing the energy efficiency of buildings. The prompt detection of leaks is essential, particularly when undertaking building renovations.
Thermal comfort of adolescents (10-17 year olds) in school classrooms is an important but less explored topic. The classroom thermal environment impacts students comfort, learning, and health.
This study aims to evaluate airborne cross-infection risk under different discharge angle (-20°, 0°, and +20°) and supply temperatures (18, 25, and 30 °C) of an air-conditioner, with various body orientations (face-to-face, side
A significant challenge lies in decarbonising existing residential stock to meet higher energy performance standards, necessitating increased energy retrofit activity.
The WTA-Leaflets (International Association for Science and Technology of Building Maintenance and Monuments Preservation", (WTA)) provide recommendations on how a defined quality of building airtightness can be achieved when re
Identifying factors that affect classroom concentrations of particulate matter is important for enabling effective mitigation of the associated negative health and cognitive effects, of which children can be especially susceptib
The ingress of naturally occurring radioactive radon gas from the soil into buildings can occur both by convection through any openings in the foundations as a result of pressure differentials and by diffusion across an airtight
A discussion on the political and economic challenges of renovating our building stock, as well as the opportunity that the Recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive offers to building owners and occupiers as well as to i
This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation of Relative Humidity-Controlled Mechanical Extract Ventilation (RH-MEV) systems installed in multi-family social housing buildings, focusing on the assessment of in-situ aging and t
Ventilative cooling is a free cooling methodology, harnessing the cooling potential of the outdoor air to remove excess heat, without the use of thermodynamic process, thereby saving valuable cooling energy in buildings.
In Belgium, the requirements for ventilation in buildings can be found in national ventilation standards, national health regulation and in regional environmental regulations and EPB regulations (Energy Performance and Indoor Cl
During the COVID-19 pandemic, besides sanitising, masking, and increasing social distancing, opening classroom windows was the NZ Ministry of Education's main requirement for reopening schools.
Although the physics concerning air pressures in buildings don’t differ between countries, often different reference values of the pressure difference over the envelope are used to determine air tightness and ventilation charact
This keynote aimed to review the state of knowledge on indoor air quality in our main living spaces, including homes, daycare centers, schools, and offices, emphasizing the differences according to building types and occupancy.