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The project partners! Partners from seven different

European countries participatedin the NatVent project:

! The project is targeted atcountries with low winter andmoderate summer climate.

! The different partners areuniversities, building researchinstitutes and industrialpartners.

! Co-ordinator" Building Research Establishment

(UK)! Main Contractors

" Belgian Building Research Institute(BE)

" TNO Building & ContractorsResearch (NL)

" Danish Building Research Institute(DK)

! Associated Contractors" J&W Consulting Engineers AB (SE)" Willan Building Services (UK)" Sulzer Infra Lab (CH)" Delft University of Technology (NL)" Norwegian Building Research

Institute (NO)! Expert adjudicator, Martin Liddament, AIVC

! European Commission Scientific Manager,Georges Deschamps

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Building ResearchEstablishment (1...)

Bucknalls Lane, Garston, WatfordHerts, WD2 7JR, UK

☎ +44 1923 66 44 86 # +44 1923 66 47 96

Contact persons:E. Perera ([email protected])

V. Kukadia ([email protected])

Visit our WEBsite: www.bre.co.uk

The BRE:! is the UK’s leading centre of expertise on building, construction and fire! provides impartial research and consultancy for government and industry…….! helps the construction industry and business to achieve their commercial goals! helps improving the performance of buildings, making them healthier, more

productive places to work! provides the tools and guidance that bring about improvements in building

performance

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BRE guidance on key issues:! Building performance! Indoor environment! Energy efficiency! Sustainability

Building ResearchEstablishment (2|)

! Building materials! Construction process! Environmental best practice! Prevention and control of fire! Construction IT

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Belgian BuildingResearch Institute (1...)

Division for Building Physics & IndoorClimate

Violetstraat 21-23B-1000 Brussels Belgium

☎ +32 2 655 77 11 # +32 2 653 07 29

Contact person:P. Wouters ([email protected])

Visit our WEBsite: www.bbri.be

! Applied scientific research and information institute for the Belgian construction sector.The BBRI is set up in 1960 and is at the disposal of construction companies, theindustry, designers and authorities. The institute has 163 staff members, among which85 engineers.

! The Division for Building Physics & Indoor Climate comprises two laboratories:Acoustics and Hygrothermics and Indoor Climate, with 7 researchers and 5 technicians.

! The main working areas of the latterlaboratory are:! the measurements and modelling of the

themal ande solar characteristics ofmaterials & components.

! the measurement and modelling ofventilation and indoor air quality,

! studies of the thermal performance andthe indoor climate of buildings.

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PROBE-Building: renovatedoffice building monitored in the

NatVent project (BE1)

BBRI - testing facilities (2|)

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Danish BuildingResearch Institute

Contact persons:Søren Aggerholm ([email protected])Niels C. Bergsøe ([email protected])

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Dr. Neergaards Vej 15P.O. Box 119DK-2970 HørsholmDenmark☎ +45 45 86 55 33# +45 45 86 75 35

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TNO (1...)Netherlands Organization forApplied Scientific Research

Mission of TNO:! To increase the

competitiveness of thebusiness communityand to supportgovernments in policyformulation andimplementation

Activiteis of TNO! Strategic research! Applied research! Consultancy! Certification and

testing

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Ventilation6 persons

GroupleaderW.F. de Gids

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TNOBoard of Directors

Employees 4200

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Employees 4200

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Employees 4200

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TNO (2|)The Ventilation Group

Facilities! Constant Concentration Equipment! Blower door systems! Cp generator! Climate room! Ventilation Models

! COMIS! VENCON! dynamic models

Product development (hardware)! Flow finder! Constant Air Flow Inlets

! passive! active

! Welding fume expeller! Local ventilation systems! Low emission hand tools

! wall groove cutter! electric plastic welder

! Smart Controls for natural ventilationin industrial halls (CNV)

Product development (software)! COMIS! COMVEN! IAQ models (NatVent ; Dutch industry)! Check of air supply according to Dutch

Building Regulations! BREVENT

! tool for designing a domesticventilation system according tothe Dutch Building Regulation,including test standards

! Energy evaluation tool IEA Annex 27

PO Box 29, 2600 AA DelftThe Netherlands

☎ +31 15 2 60 84 72 # +31 15 2 60 84 32

Contact person:Willem de Gids

([email protected])

Visit our WEBsite: www.tno.nl

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J&W ConsultingEngineers

SlagthusetSE-211 20 Malmö Sweden

☎ +46 40 10 82 00 # +46 40 10 82 01

Contact persons:J. Kronvall ([email protected])

Å. Blomsterberg (ake.blomsterberg @malmo.jacwid.se)C. Svensson ([email protected])

Visit our WEBsite: www.jacwid.se

!! J&WJ&W offers qualified technical consultant services to the privateand public sector in Sweden and abroad.

!! J&WJ&W has focus on the Construction sector:" Civil Engineering" Building Design" Contract Administration and Construction Management" HVAC Technology" Electrical and Telecommunications Technology

!! J&WJ&W focus on Quality, Environment, Competence and IT.

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Delft University ofTechnology (1...)

! Delft University of Technology is the largest, oldest and most completeuniversity of technology in the Netherlands. For more than 150 yearsnumerous scientists and students have worked here on the most moderndevelopments in the field of technology.

! The university employs about 5,000 people and has around 13,000registered students. About 8% of the latter are not of Dutch nationality.

! The TU Delft, as called for short from the Dutch abbreviation, has thirteenfaculties and fifteen disciplines. Eight of the latter are unique for theNetherlands because only here an engineering degree (ir.) in that subjectcan be obtained.

! The Laboratory for Refrigeration Engineering and Indoor ClimateTechnology, one of the partners of the NatVent consortium, is part of theFaculty of Design, Engineering and Production.

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! An important part of its research is focused on the analysis of the thermalbehaviour of buildings and indoor climate installations. Considerableexperience and knowledge is available on the control of natural ventilationand HVAC installations in buildings.

! Recently a predictive control system has been developed to improve theefficiency of BEM Systems.

Delft University ofTechnology (2|)

! In the framework of Natvent, adesign tool for the use of nightcooling with natural ventilationin office buildings, intended forarchitects and engineers, isdeveloped. Two prototypes ofnight cooling systems werebuild.

Mekelweg 2 2628 CD DelftThe Netherlands

☎ +31 15 278 6675 # +31 15 278 7204

Contact persons:D. van Paassen ([email protected])

H.Liem ([email protected])

Visit our WEBsite: www.bu.tudelft.nl

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A company that keeps Building

In the late 1970’s the Willan Group, along established building anddevelopment company, identified the increasingproblem of condensation in roofs - createdironically, by improving standards of draught -proofing and insulation.

Determined to find a solution thecompany invested in an extensive researchprogramme into building practices world wide. Adirect result of that commitment was the foundingof Willan Building Services in the early 1980’s asa specialist sales and marketing companyresponsible for sourcing ventilation products.

Willan Building Services Limited (1...)

Head office:2 Brooklands Road, Sale, Cheshire,

M33 3SS☎ 44 161 9627113 # 44 161 9052085

E-mail: [email protected]

Regional office:Unit 6, Tonbridge Chambers, Pembury Road,

Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2HZ☎ 44 1732 355519 # 44 1732 355536

E-mail: [email protected]

Visit our WEBsite: www.willan.co.uk

From that day forward WillanBuilding Services has gone from strengthto strength. Today, with a multi-millionpound turnover, the company is anacknowledged leader in passiveventilation solutions and specialistbuilding products, and exclusivelyrepresented manufacturing companies inthe U.K. and Europe.

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A reputation for Innovation andDesign

With a central base in the heart ofEngland, the company employees over 100people who operate in specialist teamsdedicated to market or product areas. WillanBuilding Services has an enviable reputationfor innovation in both marketing and productdesign and development - areas crucial tocontinued growth and to future security.

On the basis of clearly definedmarket targeting and continuos monitoring,all products are developed to meet or exceedcurrent and future legislative requirementsand are subject to rigorous test procedures toensure fitness for purpose. This commitmentto the management of product design anddevelopment is endorsed by accreditation toBS EN ISO 9001 1994.

Willan Building Services Limited (2|)

Willan Building Services provide a range ofnatural ventilation solutions for commercialan domestic buildings providing an energyefficient alternative to mechanical fans orheat recovery ventilation systems.

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Contact persons:J.T. Brunsell ([email protected])

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E. Skaaret ([email protected])

T. Hestad ([email protected])

Visit our WEBsite: www.byggforsk.no

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Sulzer InfraLaboratory

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Zürcherstr. 46CH-8401 Winterthur Switzerland

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Contact persons:J. Borth ([email protected])

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