The 40th AIVC Conference "From energy crisis to sustainable indoor climate - 40 years of AIVC", was held in Ghent, Belgium, 15-16 October 2019. Contains 128 papers and/or summaries.
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The indoor thermal comfort and air quality in classrooms have become of interest worldwide, predominantly because of their influence on children’s health,…
This study aims to assess the indoor thermal and environmental quality of low-income households in New South Wales, Australia. It adds evidence-based…
In Switzerland, 70 % of building refurbishments are realised in stages. When only a window replacement is done, the new airtight windows can lead to a…
The new schools in Canada are designed to improve indoor environment quality while achieving a much better energy performance than the code compliance…
People spend the majority of their time in their own homes and so the indoor environmental conditions are an important determinant of population health and…
As newer homes are being built tighter than the existing housing stock, questions have been raised about the concentrations of pollutants of concern in new…
Due to the wind induced pressure, different results may be obtained if the inside-outside pressure difference is measured across different locations on the…
This paper discusses two particular points of the buildings airtightness measurement method (ISO 9972) in relation with the pressure difference: (1) the…
Uncertainties in airtightness measured using fan pressurization test should not be defined by the scattering of the points around the line defined using…
Since the 1970s, many authors have discussed the impact of poor airtightness on building energy use, indoor air quality, building damage, or noise…
Building airtightness tests have become very common in several countries, either to comply with minimum requirements of regulations or programs, or to…
This overview focuses on model based control strategies for ventilation in nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB) where slower reactions towards disturbances…
In school and office buildings, the ventilation system has a large contribution to the total energy use. A control strategy that adjusts the operation to…
From a product point of view, today’s state-of-the-art ventilation boxes for residential buildings are generally reliable, efficient and silent according to…
Mixed-mode ventilation uses intelligent switching between natural and (partly) mechanical ventilation modes to find the best possible balance between indoor…
Buildings account for approximately 40 % of energy use in the European Union, as well as in the United States. In light of the European Energy performance…
This study aims to evaluate the performances of a VMI, a demand-controlled mechanical supply ventilation system, in an experimental house, in terms of…
This study is a first large-scale analysis of the performance of a cloud connected and smart residential mechanical extract ventilation (MEV) system based…
Thermal comfort and sensation are important aspects of the building design and indoor climate control as modern man spends most of the day indoors.…
The French ongoing research project “Durabilit'air” (2016-2019) aims at improving our knowledge on the variation of buildings airtightness through onsite…