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The 28th AIVC and 2nd Palenc Conference, Building Low Energy Cooling and Ventilation Technologies in the 21st Century, was held in Crete, Greece, 27-29 September 2007.

Contains 247 papers 

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Study on the thermal performance of a solar chimney

It has been investigated the effect of different construction parameters to the thermal performance of a solar chimney.These parameters are the thermal…

Pavlou, K.; Santamouris, M.
Fuzzy control system for regulation of integrated shading and ventilation

Automated living and working environment is becominga commonly used service. The present paper deals with a dynamically automated control of shading in…

Kosir, M.; Kristl, Z.; Krainer, A.
Data driven and fuzzy techniques for wind speed calculation inside urban canyons

Wind speed characteristics in the centre of a city differthan the ones in its suburban. Street canyon effects result in weak airflows in the centre of…

Santamouris, M.; Georgakis, C.
Sustainability assessment of an energy efficient optimized solution

In order to overcome the increasing energy demand in buildings and related environmental problems, new efficientenergy technologies and new integrated…

Mateus, R.; Silva, S.; Bragança, L.; Almeida, M.; Mendoça, P.; Silva, P.
The effect of natural ventilation on the indoor air quality in classroom of the elementaryschool without heating equipments during winter season

Field survey on indoor air quality was conducted during winter season, in an elementary school at Kagoshima city. Asthe windows had been closed because of…

Iwashita, G.; Yoshino, H.
The influence of the wind speed on the heat island phenomenon in Athens, Greece

In the present study the relation between the wind speed and the air temperature during the summer period over the greater area of Athens is examined.…

Papanikolaou, N.M.; Livada, L.; Santamouris, M.
e-EPBD: A distance training tool for the energy performance buildings directive

The scope of the present paper is the presentation of a dynamic and interactive vocational training tool for the implementation of the Directive 2002/91/EC.…

Kolokotsa, D.; Saridakis, G.; Fenekos, O.; Karagounakis, A.; Tsoukakis, D.
Indoor air quality in fifty residences in Athens

Measurements of indoor pollutants have been performed in 50 residences in Athens. The concentration of CO2, CO, TVOC’s and PM2.5, PM10 has been measured.…

Santamouris, M.; Argiroudis, K.; Georgiou, M.; Pavlou, K.; Assimakopoulos, M.; Sfakiaraki, K.
A simple calculation method for the energy performance of double skin facades

Presently the assessment of the thermal behaviour and the energy efficiency of naturally ventilated double skin facades (DSF) is only possible by using…

Erhorn, H.; Erhorn-Kluttig, H.; Sinnesbichler, H.; Wössner, S.; Weiss, N.
Application of new design of wind tower configuration to existing building for passive cooling

In hot and arid climates, evaporative cooling appears to have significant potential to provide thermal comfort and reduce the energy loads of summer season…

Bouchahm, Y.; Djouima, A.
Enhancement of cross-ventilation of a detached house using roof surfaces in densely populated urban areas Part1 Wind pressure distribution by wind tunnel experiment

In Asian countries under sultry climatic conditions includingJapan, natural ventilation and cross-ventilation at nighttime give very good effects on the…

Endo, T.; Kurabuchi, T.; Nonaka, T.; Kadowaki, Y.; Ohba, M.; Goto, T.
The energy performance of glazed office buildings with double skin facades - BESTFACADE

Many modern office buildings have highly glazed facades.Their energy efficiency and indoor climate is, however, being questioned. Therefore more and more of…

Blomsterberg, A.
The impact of building envelope design on thermal performance of office buildingsin Egypt

This paper introduces research being carried out to support effective energy efficient design in Egypt. It is based on deriving results of multiple…

Eisa, A.; Pitts, A.
Influence of vents type arrangement on greenhouse thermal driven ventilation

A numerical analysis of the natural ventilation in greenhouseswas performed at no-wind and low-wind speeds with the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD…

Bartzanas, T.; Kittas, C.; Tadj, N.; Draoui, B.
Computational analysis of indoor air circulation and heat transfer in a house ventilatedby wind-catch

Considering that natural ventilation is a climatic factor,a renewable alternative, as well as an important source of comfort, it seems to be relevant to…

Drach, P.R.; Karam, F.J.
Numerical investigation of indoor environmental conditions in an office

The purpose of this work is to study numerically the indoorenvironmental conditions in an office. The indoor air quality status has already been studied…

Assimakopoulos, V.D.; Stathopoulou, O.I.; Halios, C.; Helmis, C.G.
Relation between ventilation and the learning skills of pupils in classrooms.

Goal of the study was to investigate the relation betweenthe level of ventilation and the performance of school children in classroomsIn one school in two…

de Gids, W.
Ventilation strategies as a solution in rural areas houses in hot climates.

This paper shows the analysis of ventilation impact in the energy behaviour in rural areas. Considering that a large percentage of housing production is…

Arias, S.
The exergy approach for the evaluation of heating and cooling technologies; first results comparing steady state and dynamic simulations

Energy saving and emissions reduction are both affectedby the energy efficiency of the built environment and the matching between the quality of the energy…

Angelotti, A.; Caputo, P.
Saleable passive house. Marketing activities in the context of passive sustainable principles

The architectural product is influenced by a series of more general economical aspects such as people’s living standard, which includes not only a relative…

Al-musaed, A.; Khalil, Z.
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