Factors influencing airtightness and airtightness predictive models: A literature review

M Prignon, G Van Moeseke - Energy and Buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent decades there has been a growing awareness regarding energy consumption in
buildings. Unfortunately, at a time when all building actors should get involved in the …

Bad air can also kill: residential indoor air quality and pollutant exposure risk during the COVID-19 crisis

S Domínguez-Amarillo, J Fernández-Agüera… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
During the first outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic the population, focusing primarily on
the risk of infection, was generally inattentive to the quality of indoor air. Spain, and the city …

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 …

Renewable energy deployment and COVID-19 measures for sustainable development

MA Bhuiyan, J An, A Mikhaylov, N Moiseev… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The main goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of restrictive measures introduced in
connection with COVID-19 on consumption in renewable energy markets. The study will be …

Effect of architectural building design parameters on thermal comfort and energy consumption in higher education buildings

S Alghamdi, W Tang, S Kanjanabootra, D Alterman - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
It has been challenging for designers to identify the appropriate design parameters that
would reduce building energy consumption while achieving thermal comfort for building …

Understanding the performance gap in energy retrofitting: Measured input data for adjusting building simulation models

E Cuerda, O Guerra-Santin, JJ Sendra, FJ Neila - Energy and buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on exploring methods for reducing the gap between the expected and
actual building energy performance by using simulation tools. The study has two purposes …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of indoor air quality and risk of COVID-19 infection in Spanish secondary school and university classrooms

D Rodríguez, IR Urbieta, Á Velasco… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Spanish educational centers were
reopened after six months of lockdown. Ventilation was mostly adopted as a preventive …

Thermal comfort and indoor air quality in low-income housing in Spain: The influence of airtightness and occupant behaviour

J Fernández-Agüera, S Domínguez-Amarillo… - Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermal comfort and Indoor air quality (IAQ) in residential buildings with different degrees of
airtightness was studied in two climates in Spain. Behaviour was compared in the areas …

Energy impact of the air infiltration in residential buildings in the Mediterranean area of Spain and the Canary islands

J Feijó-Muñoz, C Pardal, V Echarri… - Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Air infiltration through the building envelope has already been proven to have a significant
energy impact in dwellings. Different studies have been carried out in Europe, but there is …

[HTML][HTML] Airtightness of residential buildings in the Continental area of Spain

J Feijó-Muñoz, RA González-Lezcano… - Building and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Infiltration plays a relevant role regarding the energy performance of buildings. Many
European countries have already established standards which aim to limit the energy waste …