Commissioning of Building HVAC Systems for Improved Energy Performance: A Summary of Annex 40 Results

Annex 40 is an international research project which aims at developing, validating and documenting tools for commissioning of buildings and building services. A few months before the end of this 4 years project one presents here an overview of its main achievements. These achievements can be split in 4 categories: 1) tools to manage the commissioning process, 2) manual commissioning tools, 3) approaches to use building energy management system to assist in building commissioning, 4) approaches to use component as well as whole building models to improve commissioning

The value of competitive employment:In-depth accounts of people with intellectual disabilities

BackgroundIncreasing the societal participation of people with intellectual disabilities via competitive employment requires a full understanding of what this means to them. This paper aims to provide an in‐depth examination of the lived experiences of people with intellectual disabilities in competitive employment.MethodInterviews were conducted with six participants with mild intellectual disability or borderline functioning and good verbal communication skills. Interviews were analysed according to the guidelines of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Member checks were conducted.ResultsAnalysis yielded three main themes: (a) Building on my life experiences, (b) My place at work and (c) Being a valuable member of society, like everyone else.ConclusionsCompetitive employment could make a substantial contribution to the sense of belonging to society and quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities. Nevertheless, they must cope with stigma‐related obstacles and feelings of being dependent on others in the work environment

Les configurations professionnelles de l'assistance financière de préadhésion en turquie

National audienceEuropean pre-accession financial assistance to Turkey is examined by focusing on the implementing parties from a perspective of political sociology. The assistance mechanism has reinforced, in specific ways, the country’s central administration, the principal beneficiary of this assistance. However expertise over the contents of projects has not been acquired by the administration; it is controlled by various professionals outside the administration who are specialists in aid. However this weakness of domestic expertise has not brought the administration’s power under question.Cet article porte sur l’assistance financière européenne de préadhésion à la Turquie, envisagée à partir d’une perspective de sociologie politique, et s’intéresse aux acteurs chargés de mettre en œuvre cette assistance. Il montre comment le dispositif d’assistance a renforcé l’administration centrale turque, principale bénéficiaire des projets. Ce renforcement apparaît toutefois spécifique. Sur le fond des projets, l’administration n’a pas véritablement développé d’expertise. Celle-ci est restée maîtrisée par différents acteurs professionnels extérieurs, spécialisés dans l’assistance. Cette faiblesse de l’expertise n’a cependant pas remis en cause le pouvoir de l’administration

Etude des economies procurees par la pratique de l'intermittence du chauffage dans les locaux a occupation discontinue

CNRS RP 400 (348) / INIST-CNRS - Institut de l'Information Scientifique et TechniqueSIGLEFRFranc