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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Numerical and experimental results concerning the emission of a tracer gas (N2O) inside a naturally ventilatedgreenhouse are presented and analyzed. Air…
In this article, the first part of a research project about the modelling of a solar chimney is presented. In this first part, the average ventilation flows…
This paper evaluates current situation of the university building which is considered oriented in the wrong direction,in the campus area of Izmir Institute…
In summer 2007 a housing project will be build, reachablewithin 20 minutes by car from Granada. It contains33 single family houses , 21 apartements and 40…
A food odor spread is one of the air quality problems in high rise residential buildings in Korea. The food odor is mainly produced during the cooking of…
The paper deals with applicability of passive and low energy cooling technologies in the Czech Republic.In the paper there are presented two recent studies…
Building industry is often regarded as a mature and traditionalsector, in which the technological development is not so accelerated as in other cases.The…
This study aims at examining the reduction of indoor air contaminants by plants placed in an indoor space.Field measurements were performed using Aglaonema…
Research of adaptability to manufacture of application of designs from porous concrete with the help of methodsexpert estimating has shown a high level of…
The present paper describes the beginning of a sustainablerequalification program devised for some buildingsof the University of Brasilia, located in the…
In temperate continental climates, the reduction of the solar radiation influence in summer season, over the comfort conditions of internal spaces, can only…
One of the research areas of the Energy research Centreof the Netherlands (ECN) concerns the built environment.Several facilities to conduct research…
The energy performances of a summer air-conditioningsystem with variable airflow destined fora sole air-conditioned open-space environment which hosts a…
In mild climates due to the increase of request of comfortof people there is a growing number of installation of low cost and low efficient cooling system…
In Heerlen, the Netherlands, warm and cold water volumesfrom abandoned mines will be used for heating and cooling of buildings, based on a low exergy energy…
To promote the sustainability the building environment is full of opportunities; in particular in Europe with the energy building performance directive and…
The purpose of ventilation is to dilute indoor contaminantsthat an occupant is exposed to. In a multi-zone environment such as a house, there will be…
It is difficult to design indoor environment under natural ventilation because there is insufficient knowledge to evaluate the effect of the natural…
In Korea, all residential buildings adopt floor- heating systems for indoor thermal comfort. And the ratio of multi-family houses exceeds 50%. Lately…
More than 8.000 homes have been built to the Passivhausstandard in central Europe. The success of Passivhaus is due in large measure to it being a well…