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.
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One of the significant threats for buildings is the possibility of changes in the building materials’ properties because of the penetration and residence of…
The European Union is facing a critical situation regardingenergy supply and dependency on imported fuels in the coming years. All studies show an increase…
Library buildings offer special conditions to favor the adoption of low energy strategies. In addition, their potentialhigh degree of interaction with the…
This project presents the performance of air washer chilled water coil system for a yarn industry .The basicprinciples including (1) effectiveness, (2)…
This paper presents the results of a monitoring study carried out in the city of Adelaide, Australia, whose primaryaim was to calibrate a model capable of…
This paper objective is to analyze by simulations, the thermal comfort and energy consumption when using a radiant cooling ceiling. For this study we have…
There are in Brazil ten million people in the south region of the country. In the south states of Brazil the buildings of social interest do not have any…
In November 2006 a “CO2 emission and energy saving potential through correct pipe insulation of space heating and domestic hot water distribution systems in…
The objective of this work is to demonstrate through a case study of a Shopping Centre in Portugal how daylighting and Passive Solar Strategies can be…
Low depth geothermal energy can be efficiently used as a heat sink for building energy produced during summer.In the current work, several geometries of…
This paper investigates the possibility of integrating thermal energy storage to the hot side of LiBr/H2O absorptioncooling system to cover 100% of peak…
Every time with major frequency grows the necessity of energy efficient buildings, adapted to their environment, which consume and contaminate as least as…
Building AdVent is a new collaborative project funded by the EU through its Intelligent Energy – Europe (IEE) programme. The aim is to help spread good…
The building sector is at present responsible for more than 40 % of the EU energy consumption. There are technologies under development, which could…
This paper describes major elements of the design of three low-energy solar homes in Canada. Two of these are part of a demonstration program. The major…
The scope of the current paper is to present two buildingprojects that have been designed within 2006 by Gavalas Architects & Associates. On both of…
For many reasons building simulation programs are still not recognized as useful design support tools to the same extent as Computer-Aided Design (CAD) or…
In order to simplify the procedure for evaluating winter building energy performances, most of existing standard and rules make reference to the building…
This paper looks at the design and construction in 2006/2007 of a ‘green’ office building in Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington lies at 42 degrees South of…
This study compares various optimization criteria for a solar domestic hot water system (SDHWS). First of all, we present the various parameters used to…