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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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…
This paper presents a design education experience, where the concepts of bioclimatic architecture were applied in a studio environment of the Architecture…
Real-time control of comfort in indoor spaces needs models of temperature distribution and air-velocity velocityfield. Currently, a one zone model is used…
Despite of Brazil not being among the major world energy consumers, the consumption of electricity has significantly increased in the last years. The…
This project refers to the study and analysis of a central region of the city of Heraklion in Crete and the proposal of an installation of a light metal…
This paper outlines the need to increase the resilience of hospital buildings in the face of three growing perils, climate change, insecurity of energy…
The paper examines the energy performance of student residence buildings and investigates the possibility of applying environmental design principles and…
So-called energy saving measures have been implementedin new and existing buildings over the last years so that the energy demand in those buildings should…
The building and construction sector is a key sector for sustainable development. In response to the demand for evaluation and management of buildings…
The European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive(EPBD) encourages the use of technologies in buildings that can potentially improve their energy…
This paper describes an educational and experimental tool developed under LabVIEW environment at LASH/DGCB (France) laboratory of ENTPE. The objective of…