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13-15 September 2021 – 41^st AIVC & 9^th TightVent conference, Athens. The joint Conference “IAQ 2020: Indoor Environmental Quality Performance Approaches Transitioning from IAQ to IEQ”… more

19 January 2021 (10:00-11:15 CET) – Webinar “Building airtightness improvements of the building stock – Analysis of European databases… more

Energy Efficiency and Indoor Climate in Buildings is out. This monthly online newspaper contains relevant information on TightVent Europe, AIVC, venticool, the Indoor Environmental Quality – Global Alliance, the Dynastee platform and EU relevant information. Subscribe to get informed on a regular basis on the platforms’ activities… more

Energy Efficiency and Indoor Climate in Buildings is out! Edition of January 2021

The January 2021 issue of the “Energy Efficiency and Indoor Climate in Buildings” newsletter has just been released. This monthly online newspaper contains relevant information on the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC), the building and ductwork airtightness platform (TightVent … Continue reading →

19 January 2021, Webinar – “Building airtightness improvements of the building stock”

Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 10:00-11:15 CET Air infiltration in buildings has multiple consequences on energy use and indoor environmental quality. Therefore, in the last 10 years many countries have introduced requirements for building airtightness in their EP-regulation. Those requirements often … Continue reading →

AIVC & TightVent Webinar “Better Quantifying and Locating Building Leakages” – Recordings & Slides now available

The recordings and the slides of the recent AIVC-TightVent webinar: “Better Quantifying and Locating Building Leakages” held on November 30^th 2020, are now available online.

The full collection of past events’ recordings and slides can be found at: http://tightvent.eu/events/webinars.

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41st AIVC – ASHRAE – IAQ – 9th TightVent & 7th venticool joint Conference – 13-15 September 2021 Athens, Greece

After careful consideration by the Steering Committee and from input by authors, ASHRAE and AIVC have decided to postpone the conference, which was initially scheduled for September 14-16, 2020 in Athens, Greece. The conference “IAQ 2020: Indoor Environmental Quality Performance … Continue reading →

Recordings & Slides | AIVC Webinar – “COVID-19 Ventilation related guidance by ASHRAE and REHVA”

The Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre with support from ASHRAE and REHVA organized the webinar “COVID-19 Ventilation related guidance by ASHRAE and REHVA” held on Friday November 20th, 2020 at 16:00-17:15 (CET). The webinar presented the guidelines by REHVA and ASHRAE and had … Continue reading →

TightVent newsletter issue #19 – November 2020 now available

The 19^th issue of the TightVent newsletter is now available! Specific contents include:

Foreword
13 -15 September 2021 – 41^st AIVC & 9^th TightVent – ASHRAE IAQ joint
conference in Athens, Greece
30 November 2020, 10:30- 11:45 CET – Webinar “Better Quantifying and Locating Building Leakages”
SAVE THE DATE – 19 January 2021 – Webinar “Improvements in building airtightness of the building stock”
TAAC news
Evolution of ductwork airtightness classes in Europe
Building airtightness tests in high-rise buildings
Product news

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10 November 2020, EBC Webinar – “The Science and Communication of Energy-Efficient Indoor Environments”

Progressing the scientific basis of indoor environmental quality is essential to understand which aspects can be better optimised to substantially reduce energy use in buildings. In recent years, IEA Energy in Buildings and Communities (EBC) international research projects have been … Continue reading →

30 November 2020, Webinar – “Better Quantifying and Locating Building Leakages”

Monday 30 November 2020, 10:30-11:45 CET Air infiltration in buildings has multiple consequences on energy use and indoor environmental quality which depend on the location and distribution of leakages. Among others, pollutant infiltration and air draft are highly affected by … Continue reading →

TightVent newsletter issue #18 – May 2020 now available

The 18^th issue of the TightVent newsletter is now available! Specific contents include:

Foreword
14 -16 September 2020 – 41^st AIVC & 9^th TightVent – ASHRAE IAQ joint conference in Athens, Greece
AIVC Ventilation Information Paper no 40 “Ductwork airtightness- A review”
TAAC news
TightVent-AIVC Webinars on durability of airtightness – Recordings available
AIVC- TightVent project: Integrating uncertainties due to wind and stack in declared airtightness results
Durabilit’AIR project: Feedback and follow up
Guidelines for airtightness measurements of high-rise buildings
Product news from our partners

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New release! AIVC Literature List 35 “Building & Ductwork Airtightness”

The Air Infiltration & Ventilation Centre has just released AIVC Literature List 35 “Building & Ductwork Airtightness”.

The document is split into 3 main chapters including:

papers & slides presented at AIVC & TightVent Europe annual conferences and publications produced in collaboration with AIVC & TightVent Europe,
slides presented at workshops organized with the collaboration of AIVC, TightVent Europe & the QUALICHeCK platform, and
recordings from webinars organized with the collaboration AIVC, TightVent Europe & the QUALICHeCK platform.

Please click here to download and read the document.