Bibliographic database Airbase

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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Towards an alternative cooling: Optimisation of the successive use of the cooling systems from passive to active - Development of design and control strategies of the hybrid cooling

Due to global warming, severe problems of buildings overheating during summer in temperate and hot climates arise. Thus, there is an increasing use of air conditioning.

Arnaud Jay, Aurélie Foucquier, Maxime Boulinguez, Gwénaëlle Haese, Simon Thebault, Virginie Chantepie, Jean Castaing Lasvignottes, Maäréva Payet, Simon Rouchier, Jean-Marie Caous, Pierre Constant-Beraud
018.pdf (1.35 MB)
An IAQ and thermal comfort coach prototype to improve comfort and energy consumption thanks to adequate management of natural ventilation: development and first feedback results

Over time with thermal and energy regulations, buildings are increasingly insulated and airtight to control better the heat exchanges between the indoor and outdoor environments.

Arnaud Jay, Pierre Bernaud, Franck Alessi
017.pdf (555.76 KB)
An innovative approach to better understand hot discomfort, based on the measurement of global human responses, including physiological and sensory indicators - application to end users of mixed mode cooled buildings under tropical climate conditions

Comfort modelling is a critical scientific barrier to reaching better thermal satisfaction in buildings.

Gwénaëlle Haese, Maxime Boulinguez, Pierre Bernaud, Anthony Couzinet
016.pdf (442.25 KB)
Windows and ceiling fan occupant behaviour model coupling methodology with building energy models, a tropical case study

In this work, we propose a method to couple the behaviour models developed with Python in a previous paper with the dynamic thermal simulation software EnergyPlus, an advanced code used in research

Maäréva Payet, Maxime Boulinguez, Mathieu David, Philippe Lauret, François Garde
015.pdf (786.25 KB)
Bridging The Mechanical / Enclosure Gap

In the United States, the realm of building enclosure design and commissioning is separate and distinct from the realm of mechanical design and commissioning.

David de Sola, Nathaniel Fanning
014.pdf (376.91 KB)