Smart ventilation energy and indoor air quality performance in residential buildings: A review

G Guyot, MH Sherman, IS Walker - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
To better address energy and indoor air quality issues, ventilation needs to become smarter.
A key smart ventilation concept is to use controls to ventilate more at times it provides either …

Residential buildings airtightness frameworks: A review on the main databases and setups in Europe and North America

I Poza-Casado, VEM Cardoso, RMSF Almeida… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The airtightness of buildings has gained relevance in the last decade. The spread of the
regulatory frameworks, the demand of stricter requirements, schemes for testing and quality …

Uncertainty analysis of various CO2-Based tracer-gas methods for estimating seasonal ventilation rates in classrooms with different mechanical systems

A Kabirikopaei, J Lau - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Indoor air quality (IAQ) data of 220 classrooms in the Midwestern region of the US were
measured during 2015–2017. During three seasons (fall, winter, and spring), indoor and …

Validation of numerical simulation tools for wind-driven natural ventilation design

NR Martins, GC da Graça - Building Simulation, 2016 - Springer
This paper presents a validation of airflow network (AFN) and computational fluid dynamics
(CFD) simulations for a naturally ventilated office building using wind tunnel measurements …

The impact of air filtration units on primary school students' indoor exposure to particulate matter in China

Z Tong, Y Li, D Westerdahl, RB Freeman - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
The air quality in classrooms is a critical factor that affects students' daily exposure. Although
air filtration units (AFUs) are often used to reduce exposure to air pollution in China, the …

Dynamic coupling between vapour and heat transfer in wall assemblies: Analysis of measurements achieved under real climate

M Labat, M Woloszyn, G Garnier, JJ Roux - Building and Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
An experimental wooden-frame house was designed, instrumented and tested to provide
measurements suitable for the study of coupled vapour and heat transfer under real climate …

Modelling indoor air carbon dioxide concentration using grey-box models

M Macarulla, M Casals, M Carnevali, N Forcada… - Building and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Predictive control is the strategy that has the greatest reported benefits when it is
implemented in a building energy management system. Predictive control requires low …

Estimation of the real-time infiltration rate using a low carbon dioxide concentration

S Park, P Choi, D Song, J Koo - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The real-time infiltration rate in a building is an important factor in controlling ventilation for
energy saving and achieving acceptable indoor air quality. Recently, the occupant …

Control room contaminant inleakage produced by door opening and closing: dynamic simulation and experiments

L Chang, X Zhang, S Wang, J Gao - Building and environment, 2016 - Elsevier
When the entrance door is opened and closed, toxic or radiological contaminants can
potentially migrate into the main control room of a nuclear power plant, which will damage …

A field study on indoor environment quality of Chinese inpatient buildings in a hot and humid region

H Tang, J Ding, C Li, J Li - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
In this research, objective physical measurements and subjective questionnaire surveys are
used to investigate the indoor environment quality of Chinese inpatient buildings. The …