The 4th AIVC Conference - Air infiltration reduction in existing buildings, was held in Elm, Switzerland, 26-28 September 1983.
Contains 12 papers.
Volume content
Contains 16 papers including: Keynote Paper, Potential and limits of energy savings in the Swiss building stock; Recommended retrofit actions based on air…
Compares and contrasts different methods of ventilation measurement in large buildings. Conventional methods of using tracer gas to measure ventilation…
Describes pressurization tests conducted by the National Testing Institute on 3 large industrial buildings. Sets out equipment and methods used including…
A short treatment of the concepts and aspects that play a role in ventilation is followed by a brief description of the investigation methods employed.…
Performs tracer gas measurements and fan pressurization experiments on an 8-storied student residential building in order to determine the influence of wind…
Describes the retrofitting of a 14-storey office block in Oslo, done as part of an energy conservation project carried out in Norway 1979-82. The main…
Describes the testing of 8 federal office buildings (size from 3000 sq.m. - 45000 sq.m.) for their air infiltration characteristics, as part of the NBS…
Determines ventilation rates and intercell flow rates in naturally ventilated office building using multiple tracer gases. Subdivides the building into…
Reviews air infiltration studies in New Zealand. Tighter houses have evolved over the years through changes in building methods and materials. Some of the…
Measures the airtightness of various types of 25 residential units (9 detached houses and 16 apartments) using the fan pressurization technique. Shows the…
Reviews the published data on component air leakage, and from this compiles a set of component leakage figures for use in estimating leakage areas and their…
The paper describes work carried out as part of a research contract funded by the U.K. Department of the Environment and the Commission of the…
States that methods used by Swiss energy consultants in calculating air change rates are often inaccurate. Most consultants use the "observation method"…