Ventilation Information Papers (VIP) are a series of typically short AIVC publications (in most cases 6 to 10 pages) intended for giving a basic knowledge of some aspects related to the air infiltration and/or the ventilation.
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The Polish ventilation market is changing rapidly.
There are a number of key forces that drive the changes in the Polish ventilation market; the…
The paper presents an overview on building ventilation, indoor air quality and energy requirements in Brazil.
Regulations, standards and market…
The residential ventilation market is changing rapidly in the United States.
Dwellings are going from having no designed ventilation systems to…
IAQ and ventilation is given rather high attention in the Norwegian building industry.
The new energy demands, basically an implementation of the…
Performance based indoor climate and ventilation regulations, having mainly been based on the requirements for the end result with fewer requirements for…
Building ventilation has been covered by French regulations for many years.
Attention is paid to the general design of ventilation systems, air flow…
Attention for and implementation of ventilation systems is a relatively new phenomena in Belgium (where the three Regions are in charge of regulations…
This Information Paper has been written in the framework of the Building AdVent project and reviews recent changes in the Building Regulations in England…
This VIP focuses on best practice, as well as challenges, for the conditioning of the indoor environment in passenger aircraft cabins, and their…
The 2nd European BlowerDoor Symposium “Airtight building envelope, thermography and dwelling-ventilation” took place on the16th and 17th March 2007 in…
The European Directive 2002/91/EC on the energy performance of buildings (the EPBD) imposes to the EU member states several different measures to achieve a…
Ceiling fans are one of the more credible techniques to decrease the energy consumption for air conditioning and improve comfort. Historically, ceiling fans…
Existing thermal comfort standards and methods cover mainly thermal comfort conditions under steady state conditions. Most of the thermal comfort studies…
The present Ventilation Information Paper aims to present the basic knowledge on the use of earth to air heat exchangers. The increased need for air…
An intentional or accidental large-scale airborne toxic release (e.g. terrorist attacks or industrial accidents) can cause severe harm to nearby communities…
In the past and still often today, building regulations and standards don't reflect the state-of-the art with respect to the performance assessment of…
If the building envelope is not airtight enough, significant amounts of energy may be lost due to exfiltrating air, or damage to structural elements may…
VIP Indoor Air Pollutants, Part 1 defined major types of indoor air pollutants, their measurement, and concentrations guidelines. This second part of the…
A heat recovery unit transfers heat (some units also moisture) from the exhaust air stream over to the supply air stream, thus reducing the heat loss due to…
The principle of displacement ventilation involves air supply and distribution in a room by upwards displacement, i.e. as direct as possible through-flow in…