scholarly journals Numerical simulation and performance assessment of an absorption solar air-conditioning system coupled with an office building

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Thomas ◽  
Philippe André
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Air Conditioning System ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Workplace accommodation and audit-based evaluation process for compliance with the Employment Equity Act: inclusionary practices that exclude—an institutional ethnography

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Louis Deveau
Keyword(s):  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Institutional Ethnography ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Employment Equity ◽  
Air Conditioning System ◽  
Workplace Accommodation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Unlimited Access ◽  
Government Of Canada

Matt kept the operable window in his office open all the time because he needed unlimited access to fresh air. This was terminated after a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning system was installed in his Government of Canada office building. After Matt’s access to fresh air became mechanically controlled through extra-locally developed air quality standards, the workplace became a barrier for him. Matt was deemed to suffer from a disability known as environmental sensitivity because he became ill every time he spent more than 45 minutes inside his office building. Yet, according to a textually-mediated assessment of Matt’s workplace performed by a Compliance Review Officer from the Canadian Human Rights Commission, his workplace was barrier-free. Using Dorothy E. Smith’s institutional ethnography, this paper explicates how the social organization of workplace accommodation and compliance—processes that were developed to promote inclusion—are exclusionary.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Thermal Behavior of the Skeleton in a Green Building with the Aid of TABS

2019 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 01085
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Muramatsu ◽  
Tatsuo Nobe
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Thermal Behavior ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Concrete Slab ◽  
Ventilation System ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Air Conditioning System ◽  
Indoor Thermal Environment

In this study, an office building in Japan that incorporates energy-saving features and environmental technologies was investigated. This office building features a green façade, natural ventilation, a concrete slab with no suspended ceilings, and thermo-active building systems. Two airconditioning systems were installed in this building—a ceiling radiation air-conditioning system and a whole floor-blow off air conditioning system. In addition, a natural ventilation system was installed. We surveyed the heat flux of the ceiling surface and indoor thermal environment of this building from 2015 through 2016. The ceiling using the heat storage amount of concrete maintains a constant temperature in the workplace during as well as after office hours. We also performed detailed measurements of the heat flux of the ceiling surface and indoor thermal environment in the summer of 2017. The results showed that the ceiling radiation air-conditioning system provided a stable thermal environment. Furthermore, we report that making use of the thermal behavior of the skeleton improved the operation of the ceiling radiation airconditioning system.

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