VOLUME 29 CONTENTS Vol. 29, No. 1 Mitigation of indoor radon pollution in buildings in Hong Kong: covering materials on internal building surfaces W. J. Chancellor Cool tropical buildings: lessons from old-style designs S. A. M. Said and E. T. Al-Zaharnah Development of comfort zone charts using the iso- pleth chart technique G. N. Tiwari, M. Upadhyay and S. N. Rai A comparison of passive cooling techniques P. G. Rousseau, E. H. Mathews and Integrated thermal simulation of buildings and L. J. Grobler regenerative evaporative coolers S. C. Kaushik and G. Suijit Kumar Analysis and performance evaluation of an under- ground solar airheater coupled non-airconditioned building for hybrid space conditioning M. Krarti Time-varying heat transfer from slab-on-grade floors with vertical insulation M. Krarti Time-varying heat transfer from horizontally insu- lated slab-on-grade floors P. G. Richards and E. H. Mathews A thermal design tool for buildings in ground contact P. Dolley, C. Martin and M. Watson Performance of walls clad with transparent insu- lation material in realistic operation A. D. Irving, T. Dewson, G. Hong and Time series estimation of convective heat transfer B. Day coefficients M. G. Davies Longwave radiant exchange between rooms M. A. Wilson, W. D. Hoff and C. Hall Water movement in porous building materials—XI. Capillary absorption from a hemispherical cavity A. J. F. Rutten Sky luminance research imperative for adequate con- trol of temporary supplementary artificial lighting installations L. Mulvin and J. O. Lewis Architectural detailing, weathering and stone decay Announcements . 29, No. 2 T. Stathopoulos, D. Chiovitti and 141 Wind shielding effects of trees on low buildings L. Dodaro J.-M. Fiirbringer, F. Foradini 151 Bayesian method for estimating airtightness co- and C.-A. Roulet efficients from pressurization measurements A. Baskaran A numerical model to evaluate the performance of pressure equalized rainscreen walls M. J. Cunningham, M. R. Bassett, A field study of the moisture performance of roofs of D. McQuade and M. Beckett occupied newly constructed timber framed houses M. J. Cunningham Modelling of moisture transfer in structures—III. A comparison between the numerical mode! SMAHT and field data E. H. Mathews, M. Kleingeld Integrated simulation of buildings and evaporative and L. J. Grobler cooling systems Contents E. H. Mathews, A. G. Shuttleworth 207 Validation and further development of a novel and P. G. Rousseau thermal analysis method M. G. Davies 217 The thermal response of an enclosure to periodic excitation: the CIBSE approach F. Falade 237 Influence of water/cement ratios and mix pro- portions on workability and_ characteristic strength of concrete containing laterite fine aggregate G. D. Holt, P. O. Olomolaiye Factors influencing U.K. construction clients’ choice and F. C. Harris of contractor Announcements Vol. 29, No. 3 PAPERS FROM INDOOR AIR ’93 O. Seppanen and K. Klobut 251 Editorial A. J. Baker, S. Roy and R. M. Kelso 253 CFD experiment characterization of airborne con- taminant transport for two practical 3-D room air flow fields A. J. Baker, P. T. Williams and Development of a robust finite element CFD pro- R. M. Kelso cedure for predicting indoor room air motion Yuguo Li and S. Holmberg General flow and thermal boundary conditions in indoor air flow simulation J. Niu and J. v. d. Kooi Indoor climate in rooms with cooled ceiling systems T. Yamamoto, D. S. Ensor and Evaluation of ventilation performance for indoor L. E. Sparks space P. Heiselberg Draught risk from cold vertical surfaces B. W. Olesen, M. Koganei, G. T. Holbrook Evaluation of a vertical displacement ventilation and J. E. Woods system E. Mundt Contamination distribution in displacement venti- lation—influence of disturbances J, Madsen, N. O. Breum and P. V. Nielsen Local exhaust ventilation—a numerical and exper- imental study of capture efficiency . Klobut and K. Sirén Air flows measured in large openings in a horizontal partition . Yoshida, T. Terai and H. Sueyoshi Transient analysis of air-conditioning load and room conditions considering simultaneous heat and moist- ure transport of multi-layered constructions J. Gabrielsson and H. Wiljanen A weather model for indoor thermal calculations M. Lehtimaki and K. Heinonen Reliability of electret filters P. Kjaerboe and T. Burt Air treatment with respect to some organic pollu- tants in outdoor air T. Schneider, T. Lobner, S. K. Nilsen Quality of cleaning quantified and O. H. Petersen T. Schneider, S. K. Nilsen and I. Dahl Cleaning methods, their effectiveness and airborne dust generation H. Stymne, C. A. Boman and J. Kronvall Measuring ventilation rates in the Swedish housing stock K. Kovanen, J. Heikkinen and V. Siitonen Acceptability of wall exhaust discharges in residen- tial ventilation H. Kokotti, T. Keskikuru and Radon mitigation with pressure-controlled mechan- P. Kalliokoski ical ventilation Contents R. Navon and H. Arkin 393 Feasibility of direct-indirect evaporative cooling for residences, based on studies with a desert cooler J. Laine and M. Saari Realization of good indoor climate in low-energy office Announcements Vol. 29, No. 4 S. Ford, G. Aouad, P. Brandon, F. Brown, 411 The object oriented modelling of building design T. Child, G. Cooper, J. Kirkham, concepts R. Oxman and B. Young A. Retik and A. Warszawski Automated design of prefabricated building G. D. Holt, P. O. Olomolaiye 37 Evaluating prequalification criteria in contractor and F. C. Harris selection G. Gan and H. B. Awbi Numerical simulation of the indoor environment E. H. Mathews and P. G. Rousseau A new integrated design tool for naturally ventilated buildings part |: ventilation model P. G. Rousseau and E. H. Mathews 3. A new integrated design tool for naturally ventilated buildings part 2: integration and application M. Zaheer-uddin 5 Temperature control of multizone indoor spaces based on forecast and actual loads N. K. Bansal, R. Mathur A study of solar chimney assisted wind tower system and M. S. Bhandari for natural ventilation in buildings M. J. Cunningham Using hygroscopic damping of relative humidity and vapour pressure fluctuations to measure room ventilation rates D. B. Jouini, M. N. Said and E. G. Plett Measurements of room air distribution in a ventilated office environment W. K. Chow and L. T. Wong 23 Experimental studies on air diffusion of a linear diffuser and associated thermal comfort indices in an air-conditioned space R. F. Richards 31 Steady-flux measurements of moisture diffusivity in unsaturated porous media M. A. Wilson and W. D. Hoff 37 Water movement in porous building materials—XII. Absorption from a drilled hole with a hemispherical end K. N. Yu Radon emanation from concrete with pulverized fuel ash (PFA) Announcements Volume Contents and Author Index for Volume 29, 1994