The 26th AIVC Conference, Ventilation in relation to the energy performance of buildings, was held in Brussels, Belgium, 21- 23 September 2005.
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Direct expansion (DX) air conditioning (A/C) systems are most commonly used in residential buildings in hot and humid subtropics. They are normally equipped…
Industry-wide methods of assessing duct leakage are based on duct pressurization tests, and focus on highpressure ducts. Even though low pressure ducts can…
This paper presents the results of a field study conducted on 31 houses owned by a French social housing management body. The central objective of our…
This paper presents an analysis of energy and comfort performance of typical office buildings for summer cooling in five climate zones in China using the…
The Zero Energy Manufactured Home Project demonstrates and promotes innovative energy saving technologies to the manufactured housing industry and home…
Ventilation in buildings is necessary first for hygienic reasons and also to preserve the building structure. This is more essential, today, because the…
Currently, various studies have demonstrated some doubt about the accuracy of the orifice equation when applied to the calculation of cross-ventilation. As…
At the conceptual design stage, one needs to pay considerable attention to both the energy as well as indoor air quality (IAQ) requirements. Often,…
In these last years, a great deal of interest has been devoted to double-skin façades due to the advantages claimed by this technology (in terms of energy…
The present paper presents the results of the energy and environmental evaluation of ten school buildings in the Greater Athens Area. The research included…
Application of ventilation techniques, as well as the use of any passive environmental solution in a rehabilitation, requires knowledge of the…
Combined heat, air and moisture (HAM) simulation at the envelope level and building simulation havebeen two separate activities for many decades now. In HAM…
In today’s architecture, innovative concepts, such as double skin facades, for the building skin are developed to improve the energy performance of a…
This project aims to demonstrate via a refurbishing operation, how a mechanical ventilation system can both provide a good indoor air quality and limit the…
As a result of the EPB directive, the Flemish government has established a new regulation due as from January 1ste, 2006. This regulation also imposes the…
The paper gives an outline of existing modelling capabilities as well as an overview of current developments in integral modelling of hygrothermal…
In this paper the effects of atrium and other similar architectural design features (e.g. shafts) on ventilation efficiency are examined in a multi-storey…
Direct and indirect measuring techniques are available for determination of ventilation rate in naturally ventilated buildings. Direct measuring methods…
There are many research works for the moisture buffering effect of the building materials. However, there are few reports for the moisture buffering of the…
Building materials and furnishing used in contact with indoor air have some effect to moderate the variations of indoor humidity in occupied buildings. Very…