Energy Saving in Buildings, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984
Results of the European Communities Energy R&D and Demonstration Programmes (1979–1983) Proceedings of the International Seminar, held in The Hague, The Netherlands, 14–16 November 1983

Proceedings of the International Seminar, held at The Hague, The Netherlands, November 14-16, 1983

Opening.- Introductory address.- Opening address.- Keynote Speeches.- Building physics: indispensability or a vogue discipline?.- The problem of the transfer of the results of research and innovations into the sector of energy conservation.- The low energy hospital.- Le diagnostic: un préalable à la réhabilitation thermique des bâtiments existants.- Development of modern heating technology.- Session I — Heat Pump Systems.- A — R & D Projects.- Personal impression of the session chairman.- Influence of lubricating oil on heat pump performance — Data capture, analysis and control aspects.- A single screw high performance heat pump.- Investigation of commercial domestic heat pump performances.- Optimized operation of a frozen air heat exchanger by using a micro-computer.- Optimization of internal combustion engine driven heat pump (20 kW heating power).- Regulation and control of heating system using internal combustion engine heat pump.- Monovalent electric air/water-heat pump plant for room heating in the houses for several families (social house building) to save energy — Heating system for low dwelling by means of heat pump.- Energy roof and seasonal earth storage.- Practical and theoretical investigation of a heating/cooling heat pump with ground storage and solar collector.- Investigation into a complete earth-to-water heat pump system in a single-family dwelling focussing on the application of a vertical subsoil heat exchanger.- Heating of a laboratory hall by means of a soil heat pump combined with unshielded solar absorbers.- A high temperature lift absorption heat pump.- Heat pumps with fluid mixtures applied to space heating.- Practical applications of FRIMIP.- Absorption heat pumps for space heating.- Periodically operating absorption heat pump.- Thermoelectric heat pumps for space heating.- Systematische Konstruktion und Entwicklung einer kosten-günstigen, verlustarmen und regelbaren Lösungspumpe für Absorptionswärmepumpen.- Working fluids for sorption heat pumps.- Untersuchung der Auswirkungen des Betriebes von Wärme-pumpensystemen auf die Umwelt.- Overview of heat pumps R&D for domestic heating carried out by the European Communities from 1979 to 1983 in the framework of the second EC Energy R&D Programme.- B — Demonstration Projects.- Remarks by the session chairman.- Heating pump with gas topping up in individual houses.- Compressor type heat pump, with the ground as heat source, for heating a local authority building.- Heat pump driven by Diesel engine.- The Nuffield College Phoenix.- Use of a mini hydraulic power station to supply heat to a hotel by means of heat pumps.- High temperature heat pump.- Electric heat pump with absorption heat exchangers.- I.C. engine driven heat pumps with a heat power up to 20 kW.- Heat pump installation, the Abbey, Iona.- Report of the session.- Session II — Building Envelope.- A — R & D Projects.- Remarks by the session chairman.- Integration of different energy saving possibilities in dwellings.- Basic characteristics of houses considered with a view to decreasing energy consumption for heating.- Bioclimatic design for building systems and components.- Computer aided design of low-energy subsidized houses: practical experience of designing, building and monitoring 25 houses on site.- Energy conservation on exposed domestic sites.- Extensions to the ESP building energy simulation model.- Reinforced phenolic foams for thermal insulation.- Bituminous heat insulating materials.- Study of heat storing building materials: numerical and experimental results.- Improving of the thermal resistance of polyurethane foams.- Research on buildings general quality of insulation, especially with respect to developing and improving methods of post insulation.- The production of selective optical coatings on plastic sheet.- Pyrosol process use for depositing selective coatings for energy conserving glazings.- Insulated shutters.- Energy saving by using rolling shutters, with reflective layer and edge seals.- Heat reflecting blinds and methods of edge sealing.- The measurement of air infiltration rates in large enclosures and buildings.- Measurements of intercell airflows in large buildings using multiple tracer gases.- Users influence on the air infiltration.- Control of ventilation rate in building using H2O or CO2 content.- Report of the session.- B — Demonstration Projects.- Standard building techniques designed to save energy in Ireland.- Low energy consumption houses meeting the cost criteria of moderate rent housing — SOLPAC project — 12 houses.- Energy ccosumption in 21 low energy houses.- Demonstration of controlled space heating by a solar wall.- Integrated approach to low energy housing.- Comparative experimental study on houses fitted with a solar roof, buried pipes and a heat pump.- The design, construction, monitoring and evaluation of a low cost, low energy dwelling house.- Energy saving lighting systems in existing office buildings.- Heat recovery system and low energy construction for a sports and leisure complex — Darlington Borough Council — Dolphin Centre.- Low energy hospital.- Telephonic control & monitoring of energy consumption in school buildings in Essex.- Telephone monitoring of energy consumption in 20 schools.- Report of the session.- Session III — Improved Conventional Heating Systems.- A — R & D Projects.- Remarks by the session chairman.- Development of a computer program for boiler plant selection.- BRE calibrated house experiments.- Domestic warm air distribution with low-grade heat systems.- Water/air convector made with plastics of improved thermal conductivity.- Research and development concerning a device for measuring the energy consumption of heating installations with fluid heat transfer medium using a new kind of calorimetric system.- Heat meter with microprocessor: final results of the study.- Electronic heating control system.- Microcomputer network for heating system.- An investigation of the performance of various heating systems in a matched pair of houses — Initial results.- Two applications of microprocessors in climate and lighting in office buildings.- Feasibility of underground heat storage in captive aquifers.- Heat storage by paraffin wax fusion for space heating.- Energy saving in the commercial catering market.- Radical reduction in domestic need for electricity, exemplified by the refrigerator.- Report of the session.- B — Demonstration Projects.- Field campaign of a complete series of a Bluflam burner boiler system for domestic heating.- Cogeneration plant with polyassisted heat pump for a commercial building.- Installation and tests on a static emulsifier for liquid fuels burners — Static fuel oil/water emulsifier.- Pompe à chaleur électrique utilisée pour récupérer la chaleur d’un lave-vaisselle.- Report of the session.- Concluding Remarks.- Concluding Remarks.- List of participants.- Index of authors.