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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A conference report from the 28th AIVC and 2nd Palenc Conference " Building Low Energy Cooling and Ventilation Technologies in the 21st…
The design of sustainable cities in locations with adverseclimates should consider different ways to mitigatethe heat in open spaces, especially during the…
Social, financial, energy and technical data from about 1110 households have been collected during 2004 in the major Athens area. The sample has been…
Commercial buildings with large exposed glazed façades require solar shading devices in order to protect occupants from uncomfortable direct glare.…
The requirements for good indoor air quality and energyefficiency have often been considered to conflict with each other, however, buildings with low energy…
The article 6 clause 9 of the Italian Decree Law 192/05, that transposes the European Directive 2002/91/EC on the energy performance of buildings (EPBD),…
This paper concentrates on the results of sustainability caused by Courtyard as a climatic element in Iranian traditional architecture of hot-arid regions.…
The main decisions concerning thermal comfort and energyefficiency of buildings are made in the early stages of the architectural design. Common practice…
In high performance office new buildings and renovations nowadays it is common practice to use multiple façade technology. Double-skin facades are new…
Real-time control of comfort in indoor spaces needs models of temperature distribution and air-velocity velocityfield. Complete models, based on CFD, give…
During the last years there is an increased consciousnessof the environmental problems, which are created by the use of fossil fuels for electrical power…
One of the prerequisites for the design of buildings that make good use of daylight for internal illumination is a knowledge of the daylight climate in the…
The goal of this study was to suggest a low-density typologyfor commercial buildings to be applied in the cultural and climatic context of Athens, Greece,…
“Energy Towers” is the name of a technology which was developed at the Technion--Israel Institute of Technology, to produce electricity in arid lands,…
This paper will describe how the urban projects or the new master plans must consider the environmental impactof the proposed intervention and minimise them…
Many schools today have a need for artificial cooling over the year but most of the classrooms do not have any cooling capacity installed. This fact results…
Sustainable development means that any encroachment into the ecosystem must be done in such a manner that the survival of future generations is not…
Illuminance and daylight availability are important parametersin daylighting design for passive, low energy architecture. In Malaysia, the only climatic…
New solar energy systems with efficient energy output and advanced aesthetics have been developed at the University of Patras last 20 years. Among them some…
Thermal mass can be used in buildings to reduce the need for and dependence on mechanical heating and cooling systems whilst maintaining environmental…