LoginThe fifth issue of the AIVC newsletter was out in January 2014. Its contents include:
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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A list of the best paper and poster awards winners of the joint 34th AIVC, 3rd TightVent, 1st venticool and 2nd Cool Roofs’ Conference held in Athens, Greece on 25-26 September, 2013.
A summary of the presentation: "Where are we today with ventilation and infiltration in buildings?" of Peter Wouters, operating agent of AIVC, presented at the 34th AIVC Conference in Athens.
A summary of the presentation: "Energy Performance and Indoor Climate: Progress in the last 20 years and Perspectives" of Francis Allard, professor at the University of La Rochelle, at the 34th AIVC Conference in Athens.
This publication collects papers presented at one of the activities organized in the context of the AIVC-project ‘improving the quality of residential ventilation systems’, primarily at the international workshop.
The trend towards more nearly zero energy buildings and much more airtight buildings represents specific challenges for cooker hoods in residential buildings.
Cooking and cooking burners emit pollutants that can adversely affect indoor air quality in residences and significantly impact occupant health.
The Presentations of the 34th AIVC Conference " Energy conservation technologies for mitigation and adaptation in the built environment: the role of ventilation strategies and smart materials", held in Athens, Greece, 25-26 September 2013.
The paper focuses on the assessment of indoor comfort and the energy consumption in a University building, during winter and summer time.
The urban climate of high-density areas is often affected by an increase of the air temperature known as Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon.
A strategy to reduce global warming is to increase the reflectance and thermal emittance of the built environment (Akbari, Menon, e Rosenfeld 2008). The urban heat islands usually increase the temperature by more than 10ºC (Santamouris et al.
The tourism industry is responding to the widespread concern over the future of the global climate. However, little quantitative work has been done on carbon dioxide emissions associated with tourism destinations.
The indoor environment and occupants’ health of approximately 5,000 residential buildings were investigated by a questionnaire covering entire Japan.
Solar reflectance is the key performance parameter of cool roof and cool pavement materials. For its assessment, the measured spectral reflectivity of the sample is weighted by a reference spectrum of solar irradiance.
The need to improve the energy performance of buildings, both new but also, and in particular, existing ones, is more imperative than ever.
Appropriate strategies to reduce energy consumption, increase Renewable Energy Sources (RES) penetration within local urban ecosystems are the higher priorities towards low carbon cities.
Increasing roof reflectance reduces absorption of solar radiation, roof surface temperatures, and heat flux in the building interior.
An earth-to-air pipe type heat exchanger (EAHE) is a simple and effective ventilation system component, used for preconditioning of the fresh air supplied to a building.
The European Union (EU) aims to a 20% reduction of the Europe's annual primary energy consumption by 2020. Furthermore, EU commits to reduce GHG emissions to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050.
The Proceedings of the 34th AIVC Conference " Energy conservation technologies for mitigation and adaptation in the built environment: the role of ventilation strategies and smart materials", held in Athens, Greece, 25-26 September 2013.