The 27th AIVC and 4th Epic Conference, Technologies & sustainable policies for a radical decrease of the energy consumption in buildings, was held in Lyon, France, 20-22 November 2006.
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Double skin facades have become a major architectural element in office buildings over the last 15years. A double skin facade can provide a thermal buffer…
An important part of IEA 34/43 is concerning validation of building simulation models. Analytical andcomparative validation of multizone building simulation…
This paper summarises the work of the LowEx co-operation /1/. The aim was to promote rational use ofenergy by encouraging the use of low temperature heating…
The project BESTFAÇADE accumulated the state of the art of double skin façades in seven European countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece,…
This paper is based on the first Belgian case study developed in the frame of theIEA-ECBCS annex 48 project. It concerns an industrial building in…
This paper outlines the applicability of the “exergy” concept to describe the built environment for a better futuristic view of heating and cooling systems…
This paper is part of the “Best Practice for Double Skin Facades” – ‘BESTFACADE’ project (supported by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme of the…
Important properties of the indoor air quality are temperature and humidity. Very often in new and oldbuildings the temperature is too high or varies too…
It is often claimed that energy is consumed; this is not only done in everyday conversation but also inscientific discussions associated with energy and…
The EIE 2003 SAVE ENPER EXIST project (www.enper-exist.com) aims to address the specificproblems of the existing…
Because we spend most of our time in enclosed spaces, thermal comfort of buildings rose increasinglyand then energy consumption correspondingly is increased…
Denmark has long experience with mandatory labelling of existing buildings. In the implementation ofthe new labelling scheme in relation to the Energy in…
Although there is significant support among policy makers and politicians for energy efficiencyimprovements in buildings, there remains a lack of…
In March 2003 a “CO2 - Saving Potential when using Pipe Insulation” study [1], sponsored by Armacell - worldwide producer of flexible pipe insulation…
The goal of this study, carried out on a wooden building, is to apply the methodology of identification inorder to obtain the physical parameters which…
The EPLabel project is developing a ‘graduated response’ to address the EPBD Article 7.3 requirement for ‘Public Buildings’ over 1,000 m² to display an…
The mitigation of the heat island effect can be achieved by the use of cool materials that arecharacterized by high solar reflectance and infrared emittance…
The indoor climate plays a key-role in relation to sustainable building. Often measured or simulatedtime series are used for the evaluation of indoor…
Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BiPV) systems is a “Zero Land and Zero Water” power systems as it neither consume any additional land nor consume any…
In this paper the thermal behaviour of a direct ground cooling system located in Milano, Italy, isstudied by means of dynamic simulations performed in the…