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

30 November 2020 (10:30-11:45 CET) –  Webinar “Better Quantifying and Locating Building Leakages. Register now for our webinar organised with the support of TightVent Europe and  the AIVC… 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

Favorite TightVent newsletter issue #18 – May 2020 now available

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

  • Foreword
  • 14 -16 September 2020 – 41st AIVC & 9th 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

To download the newsletter please click here.

Favorite 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:

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

Please click here to download and read the document. 

Favorite New release! AIVC Ventilation Information Paper no 40 “Ductwork airtightness – A review”

The Air Infiltration & Ventilation Centre has just released Ventilation Information Paper no 40: “Ductwork airtightness – A review“.

The paper aims to complement Ventilation Information Paper VIP 01 “Airtightness of ventilation ducts”. It provides a literature review of the work performed since 2003 in the field of ductwork airtightness.

Its objectives are to provide information on:

  • the impact of ductwork airtightness;
  • regulations and standards;
  • measurements methods; and
  • the implementation of ductwork airtightness.

Please click here to download and read the document. 

Favorite AIVC – TightVent – venticool 2019 Conference Proceedings now available on AIRBASE!

We are pleased to announce that the proceedings & slides of the 2019 AIVC- TightVent-venticool joint Conference “From energy crisis to sustainable indoor climate – 40 years of AIVC” held on 15-16 October 2019 in Ghent, Belgium are now available to download for FREE on AIVC’s Bibliographic Database, AIRBASE. All related documents can be found and downloaded here:

https://www.aivc.org/resources/collection-papers/volume/40th-aivc-8th-tightvent-6th-venticool-conference-ghent-belgium-15?collection=34361