Year: 2020

Do Green Buildings Have Better Indoor Climate ?

Authors: Bachmann Lise, Blanc Sarah, Dubien Victor, Preto Anne-Valérie Green houses are growing in popularity. The promise of a home in symbiosis with the environment which consumes little energy is a dream. However, are there harmful aspects of these houses? Is the indoor climate really better for humans? It seems important to define what a (…)

Indoor Air Quality and Indoor Humidity

How much time is spent indoors ?  Around 90% of our life! 

You can therefore imagine how important it is that the air we breathe everyday is of good quality.

Denise Vandeuren, Neroli Soso, Angelika Atienza, Julien Ars

Impact of indoor climate on human health

 Lucie Frésard, Maxime Dunod, Edouard Heinkel, Jordan Dessibourg   Motivation and process & Introduction We selected this topic because we are all confronted with the indoor climate without knowing much about that. Moreover it has a major influence on our health knowing that we spend 90% of our time inside (1). Besides, we can’t ignore that (…)

The role of indoor climate in combating the spread of an airborne virus

  Nowadays, in the current context of the coronavirus pandemic, everybody has a word to say about all the ways to limit, to control the spread of an airborne virus, but it’s been a subject of study for scientists for years. Several factors have to be considered to understand the spread: social distancing, time spent (…)

How will Climate change impact indoor environmental quality?

In this topic we will talk about the indoor air quality and thermal comfort which can be affected by Climate change.

Gaspard Guillhot, Noah Enzmann, Luan Morina, Léandre Guy

Indoor Particles: Sources & Exposure

Indoor Particles – Deadly small       Floating everywhere, too small to notice, indoor particles are not on the spotlight of common knowledge. But they should ! In fact, where do they come from ? What are their consequences on human health and productivity ? How to prevent exposure to indoor particles ? These are the (…)

Strategies to achieve thermal comfort for all – Is this a future ?

          Thermal comfort is “that condition of mind which expresses satisfaction with the thermal environment”. It is part of a vital survival behavior. Our group decided to see how we could achieve thermal comfort for all in the future through bioclimatic architecture, cooling and ventilation.          I. Bioclimatic (…)

Mechanical or natural ventilation

Loïc Unternährer, Odile Montarnal, Brian Salamin, Rosa Schnebli Ventilation Ventilation is the intentional introduction of (outdoor) air into indoor space. Its primary purpose is to renew the air in the house and thus to ensure good air quality. Ventilation helps to moderate internal temperature, reduce excess moisture, odours, bacteria, dust, carbon dioxide, smoke and other (…)

Mechanical or Natural Ventilation ?

Alexandre Burgaud, Laure Toullier, Sofia Chajon Gomar, Mya Jamal Lahjouji As humans, one of our main concerns is to feel good and healthy when indoor. However, our comfort must deal with other issues such as economy and ecology. In order to have an idea of how we can combine those parameters, we had to analyze (…)

How will climate change impact indoor Environmental quality?

This is a subject that interested us immediately. Climate change is a problem all of us will be facing very soon and as young engineers, we feel concerned. It is important for us to know what difficulties we will encounter in the future, and to get involved as early as possible to try to adapt (…)