AIVC-TightVent Conference – October 2012

Provisional programme

First day: Wednesday October 10 2012

09:00-10:45 Opening session

  • Welcome
    Peter Wouters, Manager of INIVE EEIG
  • CPH2025 Climate Plan – an opportunity for innovation and creation of green growth
    Mette Margrethe Elf, Director of Environmental Department, City of Copenhagen
  • Finding the right balance between energy conservation, indoor air quality and comfort in future energy efficient buildings
    - Mrs. Lone Feifer, Strategic Project Director – VELUX Group
    - Mr. Claus Bugge Garn, Vice-President Research and Development – Product Development and Standards – Rockwool International
    - Mr. Lars-Ake Mattsson, Research and Development Manager – Lindab VentilationThe round table participants are industry representatives with a clear mid- and long-term vision on research priorities, opportunities and bottlenecks for industry. They will share their views on challenges in the building sector to meet the 2020 and 2050 objectives for greenhouse gas emissions, energy use and renewable energy.Mrs. Kirsten Engelund Thomsen from Aalborg University in Denmark will moderate the round-table.

11:15-12:45 Combined session

  • Ventilative Cooling in Residences – the need, potential and challenges
    Per Heiselberg, Aalborg University, Denmark
  • Energy performance regulations of low energy buildings: challenges linked to airtightness and ventilative cooling
    Jean-Christophe Visier, CSTB, France
  • Health and indoor air quality challenges
    Marie-Eve Heroux, WHO

13:45-19:30 Parallel sessions consisting of:

During all breaks, there will be industry exhibitions.

Second day: Thursday October 11 2012

09:00-15:50 Parallel sessions consisting of:

During all breaks, there will be industry exhibitions.

15:50-17:30 Closing session

  • Ventilative cooling track summary
    Per Heiselberg, Aalborg University, Denmark
  • Airtightness track summary
    Arnold Janssens, Ghent University, Belgium
  • IAQ and heath track summary
    Willem de Gids, VentGuide, Netherlands
  • Ventilation and airtightness in mild climates, including IAQ and comfort concerns in NZEB
    Servando Alvarez, University of Seville, Spain
  • Sneak peek of the 2013 conference
    Mat Santamouris, University of Athens, Greece

A – Topical sessions

At present, the programme includes the following topical sessions (download the provisional programme with speakers):

B – Foreseen Long Oral Presentations from the call for abstracts*

* Additional long oral presentations will be given in the topical sessions

Ventilative cooling track

  • Long term monitoring of residential heat recovery ventilation with ground heat exchange
    Main author: Bart Cremers
  • Intelligent energy consumption in low energy housing
    Main author: Ditte Marie Jørgensen
  • Comparison of displacement ventilation and mixing ventilation systems with regard to ventilation effectiveness in offices
    Main author: Michele De Carli
  • Climatic potential of wind driven natural ventilation in buildings
    Main author: Laura Lion
  • Improving convection modelling in Building Energy Simulation models for night cooling
    Main author: Sarah Leenknegt
  • Simplified hourly based method to ensure summer comfort in dwellings
    Main author: Lone Hedegaard Mortensen
  • Addressing summer comfort in low-energy housings using the air vector: a numerical and experimental study
    Main author: Axel Cablé
  • The influence of the selective ventilation in the thermal performance of modern naturally-ventilated houses in Goiânia – Brazil. The application of the bioclimatic strategy before the establishment of the zero energy building concept.
    Main author: Leonidas Albano Da Silva Junior
  • The simulation of natural ventilation and passive cooling is no more a privilege of experts
    Main author: Flourentzos Flourentzou
  • Human preference and acceptance of increased air velocity to offset warm sensation at increased room temperatures
    Main author: Giulio Cattarin
  • Improvement of summer comfort by passive cooling with increased ventilation and night cooling
    Main author: Tommaso Pellegrini
  • Hybrid ventilation – the ventilation concept in the future school buildings?
    Main author: Simone Steiger
  • H-NAC-Wall System. Natural/Hybrid Air Conditioning modular system for nearly zero-energy buildings and retrofitting
    Main author: Mario Grosso

Airtightness track

  • Secondhand smoke infiltration of ultrafine particles and gases in multi-storey buildings
    Main author: Amalie Gunner
  • Air Leakage of U.S. Homes: Influencing Factors and Improvements from Retrofit
    Main author: Wanyu R. Chan
  • Lessons learned on ventilation systems from the IAQ calculations on tight energy performant buildings
    Main author: Xavier Boulanger
  • Infuence of air-tightness on energy retrofit of social housing, a Case Study in a Mediterranean Climate
    Main author: Jesica Fernández-Agüera
  • Airtightness of office and educational buildings in Sweden – measurements and analyses
    Main author: Åke Blomsterberg
  • An Investigation of the Relationship between Dwelling Permeability, Operational Adventitious Air Leakage, and Winter Space Heating Demand
    Main author: Benjamin Jones
  • Proposal for an update of French regulation concerning airtightness measuring equipments’ calibration
    Main author: Florent BOITHIAS
  • Effect of air-tightness on energy in various buildings located in the arctic and central European climates
    Main author: Petra Vladykova
  • A survey of airtightness and ventilation rates in post 1994 NZ homes
    Main author: Stephen McNeil
  • Experimental and numerical evaluation of airtightness measurement protocols
    Main author: Adeline Bailly
  • Performance of heat exchanger in day-care center building (with focus on the efficiency) in a passive house
    Main author: Ann-Marie Ejlertsson
  • Heat recovery efficiency: measurement and calculation methods
    Main author: Samuel Caillou
  • A numerical study on the role of leakage distribution and internal leakages under unsteady wind conditions
    Main author: Dimitrios Kraniotis

Health and IAQ track

  • The performance of a diffuse ventilation ceiling in a classroom
    Main author: Christian Anker Hviid
  • Exhaust ventilation under 5 ventilation standards : a performance assessment
    Main author: Jelle Laverge
  • Assessment of performance of innovative ventilation systems by a multicriteria equivalence system
    Main author: Marc Jardinier
  • Performances of ventilation systems: on site measurements related to energy efficiency, comfort and health
    Main author: Samuel Caillou

C – Foreseen Short Oral Presentations with Posters from the call for abstracts

Ventilative cooling track

  • Ventilated Active Façades – VAF -to reduce cooling demand of office buildings. The case of Spain
    Main author: Olatz Irulegi
  • Strategies for controlling thermal comfort in a Danish low energy building: system configuration, simulations and results from 2 years of measurements
    Main author: Peter Foldbjerg
  • Integration of solar chimney with direct evaporative cooler as a passive ventilation technique under Egyptian climate
    Main author: Amr Sayed Hassan
  • Study and improvement of a solar desiccant cooling system for algerian climatic conditions
    Main author: Mohammed ZEROUALI
  • Utilization of night ventilation for cooling energy conservation of a highly isulated and airtight house
    Main author: Rakuto YASUE
  • Influence of the thermal features and the ventilation strategy on cooling energy consumption in moderate climate regions
    Main author: Hiromi HABARA
  • Development of Emercency Natural Ventilation Concept in architectural projects located in the tropics
    Main author: Alejandro Valderrama
  • The influence of the selective ventilation in the thermal performance of modern naturally-ventilated houses in Goiânia – Brazil. The application of the bioclimatic strategy before the establishment of the zero energy building concept.
    Main author: Leonidas Albano Da Silva Junior
  • Towards the aeraulic characterization of roof windows
    Main author: Bruno Peuportier
  • Hybrid ventilation and cooling technics for the new Nicosia Townhall
    Main author: Flourentzos Flourentzou
  • Air turbulence intensity influence on the thermal comfort evaluation for different ventilation strategies
    Main author: Cristiana Croitoru
  • Reducing energy consumption in a existing shopping centre using natural ventilation
    Main author: Jannick Karsten Roth

Airtightness track

  • French policy for Shelter-in-place : Airtightness measurements on indoor rooms
    Main author: Gaëlle Guyot
  • Airtight Window installation, Best Practrice
    Main author: Stefan Tenbuß
  • Air leakage characteristics of dwellings in high-rise residential buildings in Korea
    Main author: Yun Jeong Choe
  • Improvement of air tightness of traditional clamped joints in vapour- and air barrier layers
    Main author: Lars Gullbrekken
  • Assessment of the airtightness of the building envelopes – measurement experiences and problems met
    Main author: Joanna Ferdyn-Grygierek
  • Optimal sizing rules for natural, simple exhaust and mechanical residential ventilation systems
    Main author: Jelle Laverge
  • Checking “fabric first” really works: in-construction tests using thermography
    Main author: Tim Taylor
  • Energy Retrofit of the Existing Housing Stock in England
    Main author: Raniera Barbisan
  • Lessons learnt from the regulatory quality management scheme in France
    Main author: Sarah Juricic
  • Modernizing ISO, EN and ASTM air leakage standards for more accuracy in less time
    Main author: Colin Genge
  • Preliminary analysis of a French Buildings Airtightness Database
    Main author: Gaëlle Guyot
  • Postulate for Airtightness Limits in Large Buildings
    Main author: Stefanie Rolfsmeier

Health and IAQ track

  • IAQ ISSUES RELATED TO Demand Controlled VENTILATION (DCV)
    Main author: V.K. Vineet
  • The limiting operating thresholds of air supply diffusers
    Main author: Aleksejs Prozuments
  • Ventilated courtyard as a passive cooling strategy in the hot desert climate
    Main author: Mohamed Hssan Hassan
  • VAICTEUR AIR 2 project
    Main author: P. Petit
  • Overflow elements : Impacts on energy efficiency, indoor air quality and sound attenuation
    Main author: Gabriel Rojas-Kopeinig
  • Numerical prediction of the air exchange in the museum premises equipped with natural ventilation systems
    Main author: Andrzej Baranowski
  • Construction and Set-up of a Full-Scale Experimental House for VENTILATION EFFECTIVENESS MeasurementS
    Main author: Manfred Plagmann
  • Numerical determination of convective heat transfer coefficient in indoor building using CFD techniques and Freefem+
    Main author: Alejandro Rincón Casado
  • Investigation on Indoor Hygine Environment in Office Buildings
    Main author: Tajima Masaki
  • Numerical predictions of the discharge coefficient of a centre-pivot roof window
    Main author: Ahsan Iqbal
  • National Srvey on Ventilation System and Occupants’ Health in Japan
    Main author: Kenichi Hasegawa
  • Application of an air-flow model in hygrothermal building simulation on example of window ventilation effects on indoor conditions with different building energy standards
    Main author: Teresa Stangl
  • A multi-criterion method for examining the health and energy impacts of air change rates in dwellings
    Main author: Payel Das
  • Applicability of air supply type airflow window system applied to double-pane window
    Main author: Sihwan LEE
  • Experimental evaluation of thermal insulation efficiency for the dynamic insulation applied to window frame
    Main author: Shinsuke KATO
  • Measurement of ventilation flow rates at air terminal devices: comparison of available methods
    Main author: Samuel Caillou
  • UPDATE OF THE SPANISH REGULATION REGARDING VENTILATION AND INFILTRATION: ANALYSIS, COMPARISONS AND REPERCUSSIONS
    Main author: José Manuel Salmerón Lissén
  • RANS and LES models comparison for a cross-shaped jet flow with application in personalized ventilation
    Main author: Florin Bode
  • Uncertainties in airflow network modelling  to support natural ventilation early stage design
    Main author: Belleri Annamaria
  • Design of HVAC systems for deprived community houses in Yorkshire and the Humber region in the UK
    Main author: Zakaria Emankaf

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