The International Journal of Ventilation, Volume 11, 2012-2013
Volume content
The approval of the Technical Building Code has meant major changes in the construction of multi-storey buildings in Spain. One of the most important…
The type and thickness of insulation on the topside horizontal of cold pitched roofs has a significant role in controlling air movement, energy conservation…
Natural ventilation in residential dwellings is very important for occupants’ health and comfort. Previous studies by the authors have concluded that…
It is still difficult to confirm from available data if global warming and climate changes have played a role in increasing heat-related injuries. However,…
Air tightness is an important property of building envelopes. It is a key factor in determining infiltration and related wall-performance…
This paper reports on research carried out to develop natural ventilation control strategies for densely occupied learning spaces with the intention of…
This paper presents results of a Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of buoyancy-driven natural ventilation in which two unequal heat sources are used to drive the…
In many locations mechanical ventilation has been the most widely used principle of ventilation over the last 50 years but the conventional system design…
A double skin façade (DSF) aims at reducing heating and cooling loads by taking advantage of daylight and utilizing heated air for space heating. To take…
The paper presents the development of a mathematical model and a simulation tool for the transient prediction of the indoor climate and the heat loads in a…
The Spanish Technical Building Code is one of the three royal decrees that were approved in Spain as a consequence of the transposition of the European…