LoginMore than 8.000 homes have been built to the Passivhausstandard in central Europe. The success of Passivhaus is due in large measure to it being a well defined product, understood by the developer, architect and future owner.
28th AIVC and 2nd Palenc Conference - Crete, Greece - 27-29 September 2007
The 28th AIVC and 2nd Palenc Conference, Building Low Energy Cooling and Ventilation Technologies in the 21st Century, was held in Crete, Greece, 27-29 September 2007.
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Supervisory control of an intelligent building in Greece using EIB – KONNEX technology for energy performance improvement | 2007 | English
The paper describes the design and control methods for many aspects of energy consumption in a building,mainly lighting and heating / cooling, using the EIB / KONNEX technology.
Thermal effect of orientation differentiations in a university building in Izmir, Turkey | 2007 | English
This paper evaluates current situation of the university building which is considered oriented in the wrong direction,in the campus area of Izmir Institute of Technologyin Izmir, Turkey.
The performance of natural, mechanical and hybrid ventilation systems was monitored, using the tracer gas decay method, in three typical apartment buildings locatedin two street canyons, during summer period 2002 in Athens.
Combining cooled soil and natural night ventilation to achieve moderate tempered houses in Andalusia, Spain | 2007 | English
In summer 2007 a housing project will be build, reachablewithin 20 minutes by car from Granada. It contains33 single family houses , 21 apartements and 40 dwelling units social housing.
Automated living and working environment is becominga commonly used service. The present paper deals with a dynamically automated control of shading in buildings during mid-seasons.
Sustainable recommendations for the faculty of technology of the University of Brasilia - Brazil | 2007 | English
The present paper describes the beginning of a sustainablerequalification program devised for some buildingsof the University of Brasilia, located in the city of Brasilia (latitude 15o south).
Wind speed characteristics in the centre of a city differthan the ones in its suburban. Street canyon effects result in weak airflows in the centre of highly dense citiesbecause of the combination of inertia and gravitationalforces.
The exergy approach for the evaluation of heating and cooling technologies; first results comparing steady state and dynamic simulations | 2007 | English
Energy saving and emissions reduction are both affectedby the energy efficiency of the built environment and the matching between the quality of the energy carrierand the quality of the required energy.
The impact of building envelope design on thermal performance of office buildingsin Egypt | 2007 | English
This paper introduces research being carried out to support effective energy efficient design in Egypt. It is based on deriving results of multiple parametric simulationsof energy performance of office buildings in Cairo and Alexandria.
The purpose of this work is to study numerically the indoorenvironmental conditions in an office.
Presently the assessment of the thermal behaviour and the energy efficiency of naturally ventilated double skin facades (DSF) is only possible by using complex simulationtools, which allow inter-connections between fluid dynamics, energy balances
The energy performance of glazed office buildings with double skin facades - BESTFACADE | 2007 | English
Many modern office buildings have highly glazed facades.Their energy efficiency and indoor climate is, however, being questioned.
This document aims to present the progress and the outcome of the research on double skin façades that is being carried out within the European ‘BESTFACADE’ project.
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) obligates EU member states to develop a reliablemethodology capable of calculating and certifying the energy performance (EP) of their building stock.
Saleable passive house. Marketing activities in the context of passive sustainable principles | 2007 | English
The architectural product is influenced by a series of more general economical aspects such as people’s living standard, which includes not only a relative stability of the prices but also that of the family income.Therefore, the architectural pro
Evaluation of Design Strategies for Improving Summer Comfort Conditions in a Low-Energy Residential Building | 2007 | English
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the design strategies for improving the summer thermal comfort conditions in a low-energy residential building located near Rome.
Computational analysis of indoor air circulation and heat transfer in a house ventilatedby wind-catch | 2007 | English
Considering that natural ventilation is a climatic factor,a renewable alternative, as well as an important source of comfort, it seems to be relevant to consider its great potential when applied to architecture, taking into account economical and
This paper shows the analysis of ventilation impact in the energy behaviour in rural areas. Considering that a large percentage of housing production is self-built in this part of Mexico, the impact of this construction activityis very important.
Enhancement of cross-ventilation of a detached house using roof surfaces in densely populated urban areas Part1 Wind pressure distribution by wind tunnel experiment | 2007 | English
In Asian countries under sultry climatic conditions includingJapan, natural ventilation and cross-ventilation at nighttime give very good effects on the improvement of physical conditions of the residents and on the coolingof the buildings in inte