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And the Scanvac Prize for 2012 goes to …

anne — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:25:10 +0000

The Organisation of National Societies of Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning in the Northern countries (SCANVAC) awards one of the most prominent characters in the Scandinavian HVAC industry, Mr. Jørn Simonsen, the SCANVAC Prize.

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Swedvac Autumn Prize

anne — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:15:44 +0000

The 2012 Autumn Swedvac Prize for best technical article based on diploma theses and academic theses was presented at the second EMTF Riksdag Swedvac Autumn Meeting, in Stockholm, November 14th.

The prize was awarded Daniel Nilsson ....
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Sweden: Short notes

anne — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:05:22 +0000

Indoor Environment Research
The new Swedish government bill on research, which is to be taken in the first quarter of 2013, sustainable Housing an planning is granted a considerably increased research budget. However, there is no noticeable ambition for indoor environment research in the government bill.

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FinnBuild 2012 – a successful showcase for the Finnish construction industry

anne — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:03:09 +0000

Finland’s largest building and building services trade fair, FinnBuild 2012, was held at the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre on 9–12 October 2012. This year’s event was the 20th, the first FinnBuild was organized in 1974. FinnBuild and the other simultaneously arranged fairs gathered more than 32 500 professional ....
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Second Swedvac Annual Autumn Meeting

anne — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:58:38 +0000

The Swedish HVAC engineering association SWEDVAC (EMTF) arranged its second annual autumn meeting on November 14th in Stockholm. The autumn meeting is a national forum for Swedvac members, to discuss and exchange experience and knowledge. The meeting form is interactive with voting and group discussions etc. This year focused ....
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HVAC Calender

anne — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:57:20 +0000

Scandinavia:

Nordbygg Ecoforum 2013, Stockholm, Sweden. March 12-13th 2013. More info: www.ecoforum.se

Danvak Dagen 2013. Copenhagen, Denmark. April 10, 2013. More info: www.danvak.dk

Nordbygg 2014, Stockholm, Sweden. April 1-4th 2014. More info: www.nordbygg.se

FinnBuild 2014, Helsinki, Finland. September 30thÓCtober 3rd, 2014. More info: Read More...

Scanref Newsletter informs of Scandinavian research

anne — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:54:29 +0000

The Norwegian refrigeration- and heat pump magazine Kulde has released the first issue of the newsletter Scanref Newsletter.

The aim of the newsletter is to improve the contact between universities and research institutions, and the refrigeration- and heat pump industry in Scandinavia. The newsletter provides information from Dept. ....
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EU regulations – update

anne — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:53:30 +0000

This is a short summary of recent news in EU regulations. Renewal of the REHVA website is still on-going; hence a full update of my article in the previous SCANVAC Newsletter will be postponed until spring 2013.

While leading manufacturers have seen the opportunities to advertise that their ....
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Doctoral Thesis

anne — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:51:45 +0000

Removal of ultrafine particles by intermediate air filters in ventilation systems. Evaluation of performance and analysis of applications.

Abstract
Epidemiological and toxicological studies demonstrate that ultrafine particles (UFPs) are strongly related with respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and syndromes. One common method to reduce human exposure to particulate ....
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Doctoral Thesis

anne — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:50:14 +0000

Capacity-controlled Ground Source Heat Pump Systems for Swedish single-family dwellings

Abstract
The overall objective of this thesis is to develop a structured method to approach the challenge of better understanding the techniques and potential for capacity control in Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) systems used in Swedish ....
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Licentiate Thesis

anne — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:48:49 +0000

Demand based control of indoor climate in office buildings – Design of local and central feed-forward control systems for high comfort, low energy use and low peak power

Abstract
In this work, a number of novel strategies for controlling the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems in ....
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New Rehva Secretary General

anne — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:53:21 +0000

After more than 10 years of dedicated professional service to Rehva, Prof. Olli Seppänen has left the position as REHVA Secretary General after the Rehva General Assembly on April 18, a position, he occupied for four years.

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Energy Use in Day Care Centers and Schools

anne — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:39:52 +0000

Abstract: Typically the aim in the construction process is to calculate the energy, space and cost efficiency in the design phase. These factors’ influence on decision making extends to the whole building process. How these decisions affect the use of the building and user satisfaction as well as maintenance ....
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New boost on consumer energy advice in Finland

anne — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:42:02 +0000

Coordinated national energy advice system, compiling a variety of energy advice services for consumers undertaking energy saving measures, is under development in Finland. The work is coordinated by Motiva.

Motiva has coordinated a total of 24 pilot projects on energy advisory services for consumers in 2010–2011, commissioned by ....
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REHVA / EU regulations – guidance to REHVA’s webpages

anne — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:39:36 +0000

European legislation is a big challenge also to REHVA, who has a very important role to inform HVAC professionals about all new issues affecting our profession and industry. In this mission, REHVA has prepared webpages on EU regulations.

These webpages were a result of the initiative from our ....
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Journal Article

anne — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:12:28 +0000

Distributed Thermal Response Tests on a Multi-pipe Coaxial Borehole Heat Exchanger

Abstract
In a distributed thermal response test, distributed temperature measurements are taken along a borehole heat exchanger during thermal response tests, allowing the determination of local ground thermal conductivities and borehole thermal resistances. In this article, ....
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HVAC Calender

anne — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:10:59 +0000

Scandinavia:

Energy Efficiency & Behaviour Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 20-21 September 2012. More info: www.behave2012.info

FinnBuild, Helsinki, Finland, 9-12 October 2012. More info: www.finnbuild.fi

World:

12th International Conference for Enhanced Building Operation, Manchester, England, 23-26 October 2012. More info: www.icebo2012.com

Cold Climate HVAC ....
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Another Fruitful Danvak Conference – and a postcard from Texas!

anne — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:08:02 +0000

According to tradition Danvak – the Danish Society of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning – held its annual conference on HVAC issues in April. The Conference, called Danvak Dagen (The Danvak Day) was attended by 145 people and the exhibitors represented included KNX National Group Denmark, WindowMaster, TT-Coil, Swegon ....
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The world’s first hotel with Energy Class A in Norway

anne — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:59:29 +0000

The world’s first hotel with energy class A, has been built in Trondheim. Clarion Hotel & Congress Trondheim is one of the largest congress hotels in Scandinavia with 31 500 square meters, 400 rooms and an auditorium with seating for 2500 people.

The agreement between the contractor Skanska ....
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Swedvac Prize

anne — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:44:30 +0000

The 2012 Swedvac Prize for best technical article based on diploma thesis and best technical article were presented at the Swedvac General Assembly in Göteborg, April 26th.

Photo: Mark Kretz

The prize for best technical article ....
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