WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute Division of building Physics and Indoor Climate The Tip-Vent project Dissemination of results

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate The Tip-Vent Project EC Joule project JOE3-CT Towards Improved Performances of mechanical VENTilation systems From 01/02/1998 to 31/07/2000 Coordinators: BBRI - Belgium ALDES Aéraulique - France

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate Partners Aldes Aéraulique - France BBRI - Belgium Bergschenhoek BV - The Netherlands BSRIA Ltd - United Kingdom Basler & Hofmann - Switzerland University of Porto - Portugal AB J&W - Sweden TNO Bouw - The Netherlands

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate Results of the project Towards improved performances of mechanical ventilation systems Source book : Towards improved performances of mechanical ventilation systems 1 Introduction 2 The TIP-VENT challenges 3 Performances and quality of ventilation systems 4 Ventilation requirements 5 Energy use due to ventilation 6 Ventilation performances in daily practice 7 Concepts for achieving improved ventilation systems 8 Lessons learned from the Tip-vent project 9 inovative developments 10 References

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate Results of the project 24 task reports Status report – Design methods for ventilation systems in residential and commercial buildings. Guidelines for performance based mechanical ventilation systems Development of low energy ventilation systems. Impact of standards and regulations on the performance of ventilation systems. The impact of ventilation upon energy consumption in buildings. …

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate Results of the project Three innovative products have been developed within the framework of the project : Active noise attenuator Set of components for low energy ventilation systems Booster intake valve for punctual but high ventilation needs

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate How to disseminate the results ? Reports : 662 pages / 14 MB (PDF files) Different options : Website with all the reports Printed version of all the reports Printed version of source book + CD-Rom with all the reports CD-Rom with all the reports

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate Website with all the reports Advantages No printing cost No postage cost 20 MB website quite cheap (about 40 €/month) Disadvantages Maintenance of website : 1 Year ? 5, 10, …? File download through modem ? How to find the site ? Availability of files if no internet connexion is available (meeting rooms,..) ?

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate Printed version of all the reports Advantages Nice publication No need of computer to read it Disadvantages Printing costsHigh cost : Postage costsWho will buy it ? Cost to stock the booksManagement of sales ? Difficult to travel with it Where to keep it in small offices ? Save the trees

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate Printed version of main report + CD Advantages Nice publication No need of computer to read the main report CD quite cheap (about 0.5 to 1 €) Easy to keep the CD (in office, travel, …) Disadvantages Printing costsNeed to be sold Postage costsManagement of sales Computer needed

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate CD-Rom with all the reports Advantages Low cost (0.5 to 1 €)No need to sale it Low postage costsJust give it Easy to keep the CD (in office, travel, …) Large scale dissemination possible Disadvantages Computer needed No nice book

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate The Tip-Vent experience : Website is no longer available because of web hosting cost after the end of the project Poor access statistics General keywords (“Ventilation”) in search engines lead to major websites (AIVC, manufacturers, …) Specific key-words (tip-vent) are known by a few persons Full address need to be published in articles (along the life of the website)

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate The Tip-Vent experience : CD-Rom 4600 CD-Rom Distributed for free In Belgium, France, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom To usual “clients” of partners At conferences, workshops, …

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate The Tip-Vent experience : AIVC-CD Tip-Vent results have been published on the AIVC-CD n° copies Distributed worldwide (CD n°1 is free of charge) Source book is available on new issues of AIVC-CD 4000 copies each 3 months

WTCB-BBRI-CSTC Belgian Building Research Institute - Division of Building Physics and Indoor Climate The Tip-Vent experience : Enerbuild CD The Source book is available on the Enerbuild CD 8500 copies