The 24th AIVC and BETEC Conference, Ventilation, Humidity control and energy, was held in Washington D.C., USA, 12- 14 October 2003.
Contains 56 papers
Volume content
The control industry integrates more and more recent innovations, especially on the sector of communication networks (bus), control (fuzzy logic, neural…
This paper presents the results of a field study conducted on 8 houses (out of a set of 31) owned and managed by a French social housing public leasing…
The goal of this study was the determination of the existing situation in houses with regard to air quality and energy used for ventilation in relation to…
For the building team, the design of library, archives and museum facilities brings with it special responsibilities. Archive and conservation facilities…
The airtightness of a building envelope impacts upon the magnitude of uncontrolled air leakage and associated ventilation energy losses. A building's…
In January 2002 the EU RESHYVENT project started, a three-year project within the EU Fifth Framework Programme on the investigation and development of…
Research partners of 10 different countries are developing a computer tool in the framework of IEA ECBCS Annex 36, which helps decision makers to include…
The airflows through a one family prototype building have been simulated. Supply openings in living room and bedrooms have a size of 200 and 400 cm2…
In recent years, poor indoor climate has caused health problems for building occupants. Sometimes these problems have been so serious that these buildings…
The study reviewed each Code/Standard with respect to requirements relating to acommon set of ventilation factors and criteria. The main factors include the…
To better quantify the impact of different window opening models in comparison to ventilation techniques a multizone ventilation model, incorporating the…
This paper is a keynote address presented at Ventilation, Humidity Control and Energy 24th AIVC Conference.It is a warning for HVAC professionals that are…
A concept is investigated for the energy efficient control of residential mechanical ventilation in response to outdoor air temperature and the…
A manufactured home has been installed on the NIST campus for ventilation, energy andindoor air quality studies. The primary purposes of the facility are to…
This is a personal set of comments giving the author's impressions of the papers presented at the conference. A great concern of him is the difference…
In France, ventilation in new residential buildings must be designed and dimensioned according to the Health regulation (Arrêté du 24 mars 1982) which is…
There is research acknowledging that the home environment may be responsible for worsening respiratory conditions, especially for children. The indoor…
Carbon-dioxide (CO2) based demand controlled ventilation (DCV) offers the potential for moreenergy efficient building ventilation compared with constant…
Cavity wall is often proposed in the building envelope design as a solution for improving the thermal comfort of the inhabitants and reducing the adverse…
In France, most of the public project managers have collective dwellings built in the 70’s 80’s with first generation mechanical ventilation systems. These…