The 35th AIVC Conference " Ventilation and airtightness in transforming the building stock to high performance", was held in Poznań, Poland, 24-25 September 2014. Contains 86 papers.
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The GK environmental house is the first office building in Norway built according to the passive house concept. In such buildings, it is crucial to develop…
The impact of over-tempered air on the perceived indoor climate was evaluated by questionnaires filled in by the users of the first office building with…
The Kindergarten Solhuset is built according to the Active House vision with an emphasize of good daylight conditions and fresh air. The house was completed…
The present paper addresses experiences with ventilation and thermal comfort in the Active House concept, based on the Active House Specification and…
The thermal comfort of the residential buildings Sunlighthouse in Austria and LichtAktiv Haus in Germany are investigated with a particular focus on the…
The Marienlyst School is the first educational building in Norway built according to the passive house standard. This building benefits from a super-…
An inherent element of the passive house is the system of exhaust ventilation in air supply. According to their class, air filters used in ventilation…
Demand controlled heat recovery ventilation systems, which combines heat recovery (HRV) and demand controlled (DCV) is growing fast among ventilation…
In this article we compare to ventilation strategies to heat a “passive house” office building using only the ventilation system. Two ventilation strategies…
Increasing airtightness and isolation of residential buildings in today’s climates cause challenging situations for the summer indoor climate. In…
Is Demand-controlled ventilation a relevant answer to face the new challenges of the Building sector, which requires everyday higher energy efficiency and…
The “VIA-Qualité” project (2013-2016) focuses on low energy, single-family dwellings. It proposes the development of quality management approaches (ISO 9001…
For the coming energy-efficient buildings, the guarantee of energy performance becomes a major challenge. It is therefore crucial to implement accurate and…
The effect of a cooling jet from ceiling on thermal comfort, perception and subjective performance in warm office environment (29.5 °C) was studied.…
Central ventilation systems with heat recovery have shown their limits especially within the context of building energy retrofit. The difficulties to…
The indoor climate in residential buildings is affected by the people that live in the house and their activities. One of the goals of a ventilation system…
Measurements were performed in a test room at SINTEF building and infrastructure, Oslo. The test room is 16 m2 and built according to NS-EN 442-2. …
An office building of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy systems (Fraunhofer ISE) in Freiburg was retrofitted in 2012 with an innovative concept…
Demand controlled ventilation (DCV) considerably reduce the ventilation airflow rates and energy use compared to Constant Air Volume (CAV) systems. DCV in…
Most existing non-residential buildings have Constant Air Volume (CAV) ventilation leading to over-ventilation in periods with low or no occupancy. Demand…