LoginIn the previous study, it was found that urban heat island intensity in National University of Singapore (NUS) campusas high as 4oC at around 13:00.
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.
Contains 247 papers
Volume content
The main decisions concerning thermal comfort and energyefficiency of buildings are made in the early stages of the architectural design.
Visualization of air conditioning and ventilation processes: the apperiance of humidair diagram within a short period at three distant places on a globe | 2007 | English
Psychometric diagram, or diagram of humid air, was establishedby three authors in a period of 10 years, very possible independent from one another.
An integral approach to façades: a conceptual comparison between different types of facades | 2007 | English
In high performance office new buildings and renovations nowadays it is common practice to use multiple façade technology.
Energy and environmental rehabilitation of a listed neoclassic building in Athens, Greece | 2007 | English
The energy rehabilitation of listed buildings is of great importance as they are many limitations of the possibletechnical interventions.
Many schools today have a need for artificial cooling over the year but most of the classrooms do not have any cooling capacity installed. This fact results in high room temperatures as well as poor thermal comfort.
Assessment of innovative systems/technologies in the context of EPBD regulations(illustrated with the assessment of an innovative ventilation system in the Belgian context) | 2007 | English
As the EPBD related regulations can not cover all possible kind of new technologies, Member States have to develop “principle of equivalence” procedures, in order to allow the assessment of the systems not covered by the standard calculation proce
A methodology approach in order to simulate numerically(CFD) a greenhouse equipped with fan and pad evaporative cooling system is presented.
The relation between skins as metabolisers and the innercontent of different bodies will be discussed.Examples from the world of plants will illustrate how plants respond to their fixed environment and their fixed supply of water and nutrients.Exa
The impact of shading on thermal comfort conditions in perimeter zones with glass facades | 2007 | English
This paper describes an experimental study of the thermalenvironment in a highly-glazed perimeter zone of an office building under varying climatic conditions, as well as in a controlled test chamber at the Hydro-Quebecresearch facilities in Shawi
Architecture of St.-Petersburg: yesterday, today and tomorrow. How Europe to do favourable investments into construction into city, areas and Russia? | 2007 | English
By the new General plan by 2025 in St.-Petersburg it is planned to construct 130 million ??. M of the real estate (for comparison: now in city nearby 140 million ??.). From them nearby 50 million ??.
The sensation of comfort in buildings depends on externaland internal variables: the well-known PMV method relates the expected temperature with the physiological behavior of the human body.
Analysis of the façades surface temperatures – Artificial Neural Networks application | 2007 | English
Looking for the energy efficiency improvement of the buildings, some countries are developing programs for the new or existent buildings to be more efficient.
Experimental and Computational Evaluation of the Thermal Performance of DoubleSkin Façades | 2007 | English
Double Skin Facades (DSF) have been a recently developed technology to improve the thermal performance of conventional façades of buildings which use large glazed areas.
A comprehensive approach to comfort and energy efficiency for cooling and heating:results of thermal dynamic simulation of a bioclimatic massive building in Mediterranean climate | 2007 | English
This study examines, by means of energy simulation softwares, the thermal behaviour of a real heavy masonrybuilding designed with a full application of bioclimaticstrategies, located in Mediterranean climate; the results are then compared with the
A study of the application of the BRE Average Daylight Factor formula to rooms with window areas below the working plane | 2007 | English
In urban canyons where, apartment buildings can be beneficial in terms of their close proximity to offices, shops etc, causing less traffic congestion and pollution, saving fuel costs and bringing people in close proximity to city centres.
It is a well notorious fact that if you get below the surfaceof the earth a few meters, the temperature tends to be constant and at 8 to 12 degrees, depending on latitude.So, it does not take an architect to appreciate that if you could move outsi
Despite of Brazil not being among the major world energy consumers, the consumption of electricity has significantly increased in the last years.
Nightcooling: practical experiences in offices and the need for standard implementationinto energy performance legislations | 2007 | English
Nightcooling is worldwide promoted as an effective tool to reduce cooling demands.
Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs (CFL’s) use less energy than standard GLS lightbulbs, last longer, are widely available and cost less than ever before.