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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Macroclimatic forces have been important factors ever since man first constructed shelter. Throughout architecturalhistory, local buildings have used great…
The paper describes a method to show how Building Simulation data can be interpreted to provide informationthat is of use to non-Building Simulation experts…
Since 1999, several widely used building energy efficiencystandards, including ASHRAE 90.1, ASHRAE 90.2, the International Energy Conservation Code, and…
The application of system identification techniques to the energy performance assessment of buildings and building components requires a high level of…
which is a typical residential building in the South MediterraneanSea. The house type is also representative for second home. It is a two-storey house that…
The case study in question is that of the refurbishment of a building constituted by four school pavilions built in the post-war period of the 20th Century…
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…
The ENPER-EXIST project was initiated and coordinated by Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (CSTB) within the framework of the Intelligent Energy…
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the usefulness and the accuracy of an artificial neural network (ANN) as a prediction tool of the wind pressure…
Results of survey on residential active cooling as the diffusion rate of air conditioner in five principal cities of in Japan, and those associated “human…
Optimal indoor air quality, thermal comfort and energy conservation in schools is of great importance. A new development in indoor climate control in…
Indoor Air Quality and thermal climate in schools is problematicin many countries. The status quo in the Netherlandsis presented (e.g. average CO2 levels in…
To predict ventilation and related air flow parameters, a lot of calculation techniques could be utilized; however the main difficulties concern ease of use…
The purpose of this case study is to analyze stack effect problems and to develop the method minimizing stack effect in the tall complex building in the…
For the assessment of air to air heat recovery systems in ventilation systems, efficiency seems to be the major evaluation parameter, although other…
Due to the lack of national building regulation regardingthe energy requirements of Directive 2002/91/EC (EPBD) in Greece, Southern countries (Italy, Spain…
For a high density city, given the need to accommodate a fix amount of building volume, what can one do to optimise the benefits of the natural (air)…
The growing energy consumption for cooling of buildingsis one important concern in Mediterranean countries.Natural ventilation plays an important role as…