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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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…
After the terrible consequence of the Iraq –Iran war and recently USA attack over Iraq the urban green covering disappeared from large areas of the city,…
Solar gains are one of the most important factors of design for energy efficient buildings. While “catching the sun” in winter is a main strategy,…
The buildings’ environment plays a very important role in health matters and the quality of life. A series of experimental measurements were carried out in…
In modern, extensively glazed office buildings, due to high solar and internal loads and increased comfort expectations,air conditioning systems are often…
One of the main elements to consider in urban space design is the modification of the microclimate in order to improve the thermal comfort conditions of…
The consequences of the global climate change are perceptible even in Italy, where in the last 15 years the mean temperature values increased of 0.4 °C in…
The principal intention of the present study is the analysisof the both physical and social conditions of a rural community near to the City of Guadalajara…
Human has developed a board rang of passive cooling techniques in various parts of the world up to a very impressive level of maturity: cliff dwellings…
As the UK Building Regulations demand better insulatedand more airtight new buildings, a potential cooling requirement is emerging in new build dwellings in…
In many urban areas, pavements and roofs constitute over 60% of urban surfaces (roof 20-25%, pavements about 40%). The roof and the pavement albedo can be…