The 2nd AIVC Conference - Building design for minimum air infiltration, was held in Stockholm, Sweden, 21-23 September 1981.
Contains 12 papers
Volume content
Contains 16 pages as follows: The role of the Air Infiltration Centre; Introduction to the Air Infiltration Handbook; Indoor air quality and minimum…
The needs, history, procedures, and past case studies for the house doctor approach are outlined. This program of individualized instrumented energy audits…
This parameter study with the IMG calculation model for ventilation is an attempt at forming some background for decisions relating to the preparation of a…
Gives a summary of the existing types of air infiltration measurement techniques and instrumentation using tracer gases. Describes automated air…
Describes LBL's Mobile Infiltration Test Unit (MITU) which spent the 1980-1981 winter in the field collecting the data required for infiltration modelling.…
Reports on a measurement system developed by the Institute of Technology at Tastrup Denmark, involving a microcomputer- controlled system for registering…
Two series of pressurisation and ventilation measurements have been made in a low-energy house. One of the objectives of the work was to assess the extent…
Describes details of wall and foundation designs that have been used in constructing super-insulated houses on the Canadian prairies. One trend has been the…
Outlines a method for measuring the air leakage through the surface exteriors of an apartment, by adjusting the pressure of the adjoining apartments to that…
Investigates the effect of energy-saving measures by selecting a large number of multi-family and single-family swedish houses where such measures have been…
Measures the air infiltration in individual rooms of a one-storey airtight house, using a special tracer gas measurement technique. Concludes that the…
The use of sealants and gaskets are often recommended as an effective energy saving measure. However, the energy saved depends on the function of building…
Reviews important sources of indoor air pollutants, and discusses ways of measuring the contaminants emitted by the presence of man in a room. In a test…