The 38th AIVC Conference "Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings", was held in Nottingham, UK, 13-14 September 2017. Contains 113 papers and summaries.
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The airtightness of buildings is important for several reasons, such as being a prerequisite for low-energy buildings and for a healthy indoor air quality (…
In the Framework of the IEA EBC Annex68 Subtask 1 working subject, we aimed at defining an indoor air quality index for residential buildings based on long…
With the combination of two fans and a heat exchanger in one single component there is the possibility to design a compact and highly efficient ventilation…
When considering the performance of HRV systems, the discussion is generally focusing on the reported effectiveness of the air-to-air heat exchanger.…
Residential ventilation standards, especially in Europe are slowly but substantially moving away from their usual prescriptive approach towards performance…
Over the last decade, TVOC sensors have been touted as an interesting alternative to CO2 and RH sensors in DCV systems. Nevertheless, there is little…
Balanced ventilation with heat recovery is an efficient way to maintain low heating demand for ventilation in residential buildings. Laboratory measurements…
Combining heat recovery with natural ventilation is a relatively new topic of significant academic and commercial interest. The present study shows the…
In the present paper the impact of natural cross-ventilation on thermal comfort levels in sustainable residential buildings is evaluated. A sustainable…
Demand controlled ventilation (DCV) can improve the energy performance of all kinds of ventilation systems, in residential and non-residential buildings and…
It has already been proven that a large portion of the energy consumption gap between simulations and reality is due to the occupant behaviour in buildings…
Noise from domestic ventilation systems is currently a little understood problem in the UK. Other European countries that have a longer history of using…
Where residential developments rely on opening windows to control overheating, there can be a compromise between allowing excessive noise ingress with…
The adverse effect of various indoor pollutants on occupants’ health have been recognized. In public spaces flu viruses may spread from person to person by…
In the context of the PREVENT project, preparing a possible revision of the Belgian residential ventilation standard, the way of expressing ventilation…
Ventilation systems play an important role in providing a good indoor air quality in dwellings. Mechanical exhaust ventilation systems implement natural…
This study presents a comparison of three ventilation systems; automated Natural Ventilation (NV), balanced Mechanical Ventilation (MV) with heat recovery…
More than 64 million pupils spend more time in school than in any other place except home in Europe (European Commission, 2014). The indoor air quality is…
Urban warming, commonly referred to as the ‘Urban Heat Island’ phenomenon (UHI), is a well-established effect that affects cities all over the world. This…
Exposures to airborne fine particulate matter with a diameter of <2.5μm (PM2.5) are linked to multiple negative health effects, including cardiovascular…