Conceptual Reference Database for Building Envelope Research
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Total reference: 3063Publications and articles.
Total concept: 301
Total essay: 753
Total web link: 472

Database relations/cross-links
Total CR link: 4584Shown as both 'Related Concept' from references and 'Related Reference' from concept.
Total CC link: 454Shown as 'Related Concept' from concepts.
Total CE link: 2928Shown as both 'Related Article' from concept and 'Related Concept' from Essay.
Total RE link: 3045Shown as both 'Related Article' from references as 'Related Reference' from Essay.



The following list shows monthly updates. Click on the data period to view lists of added items.
January 1 to June 26, 2014(References: 100, Essays: 0, Concepts: 4)


June 2014(References: 62, Essays: 0, Concepts: 4)


January 1 to December 31, 2013(References: 93, Essays: 0, Concepts: 1)


February 1 to December 31, 2012(References: 87, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Spectrophotometer to measure reflectance and transmittance of building envelope materials of solar radiation at difference wavelength

January 2012(References: 0, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)


December 2011(References: 14, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)


November 2011(References: 63, Essays: 1, Concepts: 3)
Updates on 1) Principal component analysis as an multivariate analysis method for IR images; 2) BIPV and solar energy for buildings; 3) housing in the Canadian north, Nunavut.

July 1 to October 31, 2011(References: 22, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Updates on renewable energy integrated into buildings: PV, PV/T, BIPV, BIPV/T, storage, passive, and other sources.

April 1 to June 30, 2011(References: 27, Essays: 1, Concepts: 1)
Focuses: infrared thermography (IRT) and PCA; also on solar energy for building, insulation and advanced insulation, phase change material

January 1 to March 31, 2011(References: 38, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
The references focus on solar energy utilization in building: photovoltaics, passive solar, daylighting, glazing and windows, etc; also on thermography, building assessment, sustainability

November 1 to December 31, 2010(References: 30, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Some updates: Venetian blinds in windows and glazing

August 1 to September 30, 2010(References: 31, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Reference on infrared cameras and thermography

April 1 to July 31, 2010(References: 26, Essays: 0, Concepts: 1)
Some updates

February 1 to March 31, 2010(References: 11, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Renewable energies, fenestration testing, etc.

January 2010(References: 67, Essays: 2, Concepts: 1)
Added references on technologies related to glazing and curtainwall.

December 2009(References: 32, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Format is updated for reference items. Moisture buffering (recent as well as old papers), cautios articles on LEED buildings, solar energy utilization in buildings

November 2009(References: 14, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)


September 1 to October 30, 2009(References: 50, Essays: 1, Concepts: 0)
Added some references on GUM--guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement, tracer gas measurement, indoor air flow

May 1 to August 31, 2009(References: 27, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)


April 2009(References: 34, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
References added to several areas.

February 1 to March 31, 2009(References: 38, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
References cover moisture and molds

January 2009(References: 50, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
A few publications on green ans sustainability are included; several papers on material emission and MVOC are added.

October 1 to December 31, 2008(References: 27, Essays: 2, Concepts: 0)
A few publications on green ans sustainability are included; several papers on material emission and MVOC are added.

August 1 to September 30, 2008(References: 23, Essays: 1, Concepts: 0)
Papers added on GUM--Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement; Green Building and LEED; Renewable energy in building

July 2008(References: 26, Essays: 0, Concepts: 2)
Publication related to solar energy, PV, indoor solar simulators.

June 2008(References: 21, Essays: 0, Concepts: 2)
With the advance in measurement technology since mid-80s, sensors can go on wireless and on the networks. A few references are added to this database on the general topic of measurements and building/constructions. Other sysmtems include: power line communication (PLC, X-10), bus line communication and radio frequency (RF) communication.

April 1 to May 31, 2008(References: 10, Essays: 1, Concepts: 0)
Some update

February 1 to March 30, 2008(References: 43, Essays: 0, Concepts: 1)
References related to: buoyancy induced air movement, frequency characteristics of air flow, uncertainty analysis, thermal comfort related to turbulence, etc.

January 2008(References: 17, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Little update

October 1 to December 30, 2007(References: 23, Essays: 0, Concepts: 1)
Some infrequent, irregular updates

April 1 to September 30, 2007(References: 34, Essays: 2, Concepts: 0)
Some infrequent, irregular updates

January 1 to April 30, 2007(References: 11, Essays: 1, Concepts: 0)
Little update

November 1 to December 31, 2006(References: 30, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Added reference from top 25 articles composed by ScienceDirect.

July 1 to October 30, 2006(References: 15, Essays: 0, Concepts: 1)
Some updates

February 1 to June 30, 2006(References: 18, Essays: 7, Concepts: 3)
Regular updates

March 2006(References: 7, Essays: 4, Concepts: 0)
Regular update

January 2006(References: 11, Essays: 0, Concepts: 2)
Happy New Year. Some updates to various areas. Notably, the Lstiburek and Carmody, 1991, Moisture Control Handbook: new low-rise, residential construction is online, courtesy ofThis link was checked on Dec. 2006ORNL

December 2005(References: 8, Essays: 1, Concepts: 0)
Mold grows on glassfiber insulation, due to use of organics during production or due to dust settlement on the insulation.

November 2005(References: 12, Essays: 1, Concepts: 1)
Some updates on publications related to sampling of airborne mold spores that come from within the building envelope.

October 2005(References: 51, Essays: 2, Concepts: 4)
Update on modeling and measurement of air flow in indoor environments.

September 2005(References: 11, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Back to regular updates

April 1 to August 31, 2005(References: 11, Essays: 1, Concepts: 0)
Few update.

February 2005(References: 21, Essays: 3, Concepts: 1)
Update from various sources, mainly from Concordia University electronic journals.

January 2005(References: 1, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Great new. The CRDRBE is moved to encs site (Engineering and Computer Sciences of Concordia University)

December 2004(References: 19, Essays: 1, Concepts: 2)
Regular monthly update.

November 2004(References: 0, Essays: 3, Concepts: 0)
Regular monthly update.

October 2004(References: 10, Essays: 5, Concepts: 0)
Regular monthly update.

September 2004(References: 9, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Regular monthly update.

August 2004(References: 15, Essays: 0, Concepts: 2)
Regular monthly update.

May 1 to July 31, 2004(References: 24, Essays: 0, Concepts: 1)
Some updates.

April 2004(References: 1, Essays: 2, Concepts: 1)
No update. Our web space is approaching the limit (used 49.5MB of the allotted 50 MB of disk space). No significant update will be issued until more space is found. Our apology to every user.

March 2004(References: 14, Essays: 7, Concepts: 1)
Regular monthly update.

February 2004(References: 16, Essays: 15, Concepts: 3)
A few updates to references and external web links.

January 2004(References: 76, Essays: 29, Concepts: 4)
Add status icons for external web links to show whether a link is broken or not.

December 2003(References: 21, Essays: 3, Concepts: 3)
Publications on particle transports through buildings and envelopes

November 2003(References: 8, Essays: 8, Concepts: 1)
Some additions.

October 2003(References: 14, Essays: 7, Concepts: 3)
Some update.

September 2003(References: 11, Essays: 12, Concepts: 0)
This link was checked on Dec. 2006eSim2002

August 2003(References: 5, Essays: 18, Concepts: 1)
Added some useful web links.

June 2003(References: 27, Essays: 8, Concepts: 0)


May 2003(References: 62, Essays: 4, Concepts: 0)
Regular updates.

April 2003(References: 41, Essays: 29, Concepts: 1)
Regular updates.

March 2003(References: 30, Essays: 2, Concepts: 0)
Some additions to the database on: research related to moisture and moisture management.

February 2003(References: 70, Essays: 7, Concepts: 4)
VOC, MVOC, and how to model their VOC transport through building envelopes

January 2003(References: 2, Essays: 4, Concepts: 0)
Not much additions this month

December 2002(References: 54, Essays: 45, Concepts: 4)
Regular update. Add web resources to the site (check it out).

November 2002(References: 191, Essays: 207, Concepts: 12)
Monthly update; MEWS recent release by IRC; fungal spores, spore sampling, effects on health; microtoxins of spores; associations among wetness, moldy house, fungi and mold, and health;

October 2002(References: 163, Essays: 0, Concepts: 7)
Monthly update; improved the site presentation; add 6th Symposium on Building Physicsin the Nordic Countries, in Trondheim (BPNordic), MEWS-NRC/IRC , Thermal Envelope and Building Science journal, mold-health-building, and more.

September 2002(References: 56, Essays: 1, Concepts: 13)
Reference related to Indoor Air Quality from IA-2002 conference (Conference: IAQ) and Journal of Indoor Air; embodied energy and life cycle assessment (LCA)

August 2002(References: 22, Essays: 2, Concepts: 4)
References related to building codes, performance code, etc.

August 2002(References: 94, Essays: 0, Concepts: 31)
Update on issues related to sustainability and green buildings. Also added are: ozone and Montreal Protocol, greenhouse gases and Kyoto Protocol, etc.

July 2002(References: 31, Essays: 0, Concepts: 3)
Regular monthly update

June 2002(References: 7, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Regular monthly update.

May 2002(References: 27, Essays: 1, Concepts: 5)
Regular monthly update.

April 2002(References: 39, Essays: 1, Concepts: 2)
Many web links seemed not working in recent check. This is due to the inherent, ever change nature of the Internet, and the trend that many sites are converting to paid services from free information.

March 2002(References: 6, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Regular monthly update for March 2002

February 2002(References: 5, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Regular monthly update for February 2002

January 2002(References: 14, Essays: 0, Concepts: 5)
Developed the Lists of References.

December 2001(References: 17, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Regular monthly update.

December 2001(References: 17, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
Regular monthly update.

October 2001(References: 120, Essays: 0, Concepts: 12)
Regular monthly update.

September 2001(References: 14, Essays: 1, Concepts: 1)
Regular monthly update.

June 1 to August 30, 2001(References: 29, Essays: 0, Concepts: 53)


April 1 to May 30, 2001(References: 1, Essays: 1, Concepts: 29)


January 1 to March 30, 2001(References: 80, Essays: 0, Concepts: 50)


January 1 to December 30, 2000(References: 41, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)


January 1 to December 30, 1999(References: 171, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)


March 1 to December 30, 1899(References: 171, Essays: 0, Concepts: 0)
We started to move this site to a new location on the ENCS server at Concordia University.







 




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