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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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There is a pressing need for large-scale energy retrofits in domestic dwellings to reduce carbon emissions.

Buddila Wijeyesekera, Miriam Byrne, James O’Donnell, Reihaneh Aghamolaei, James A. McGrath

Research suggests that energy retrofit measures can have a positive impact on temperature, relative humidity, and can reduce the occurrence of damp and mould (Wang et al., 2022,

Victoria Hogan, Daniel Norton, Asit Kumar Mishra, Nina Wemken, HilaryCowie, Marie Coggins

This article follows a first publication presented at the AIVC2022 conference (Handtschoewercker, 2022), with the preliminary results of the RENOVAIR project, that studies the im

Andrés Litvak, Eddy Handtschoewercker

Achieving better energy efficiency requires dwellings to face a delicate equilibrium, balancing thermal comfort and indoor air quality.

Constanza Molina, Benjamin Jones, Ignacio Garrido, Giobertti Morantes

Improving the energy performance of a building has been shown to improve health outcomes in fuel poor homes (Wang et al., 2022).  However, increasing building air tightness

Marie Coggins, Daniel Norton, Asit Kumar Mishra, Victoria Hogan, Nina Wemken, Hala Hassan, Medeina Macenaite