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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Earth heat exchange (EHX) through buried horizontal air ducts (EHXair-hor) can be an effective passive/ibryde system to reduce heating and cooling loads in…
The Project of Ponte da Pedra came out of an Ideas Competition, which is, by the beginning, a good indicatorof the high quality of the housing architecture…
The objective of this work is to find the optimum window-to-wall area ratio that minimizes the energy cost for cooling, heating and daylighting. Both…
The aim of the specific paper is the analysis of the efficiencyof power lines as a communication media for Building Energy Management Systems. The reason…
Installation of an evaporatively cooled hydroponic greenhouse on the roof of building can yield net energy savings for the combined structure, when compared…
The buildings sector accounts for 40% of the energy requirements in Europe, which is more than by industryor transport. That is a lot and it is too much!…
The climate in southern Brazil is characterised by mild winters and hot-humid summers which requires the design to be adaptable to the often conflicting…
Microclimate condition in an environment is influenced by the local environment condition. Urban morphology,especially building, pavement and greenery are…
When an energy balance is calculated in accordance with DIN V 18599, an integrative approach is taken, i.e. the building carcass and the utilization of the…
One of the significant threats for buildings is the possibility of changes in the building materials’ properties because of the penetration and residence of…
The European Union is facing a critical situation regardingenergy supply and dependency on imported fuels in the coming years. All studies show an increase…
Library buildings offer special conditions to favor the adoption of low energy strategies. In addition, their potentialhigh degree of interaction with the…
This project presents the performance of air washer chilled water coil system for a yarn industry .The basicprinciples including (1) effectiveness, (2)…
This paper presents the results of a monitoring study carried out in the city of Adelaide, Australia, whose primaryaim was to calibrate a model capable of…
This paper objective is to analyze by simulations, the thermal comfort and energy consumption when using a radiant cooling ceiling. For this study we have…
There are in Brazil ten million people in the south region of the country. In the south states of Brazil the buildings of social interest do not have any…
In November 2006 a “CO2 emission and energy saving potential through correct pipe insulation of space heating and domestic hot water distribution systems in…
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…