The 38th AIVC conference “Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings” was held on 13 and 14 September 2017 in Nottingham (UK). It was also the 6th TightVent conference and the 4th venticool conference. The joint conference placed its focus on: thermal comfort … Continue reading →
Members and guests of the TightVent Airtightness Associations (TAAC) have been working together to develop a questionnaire to compare building and ductwork airtightness awareness in a broad manner, ranging from requirements to progress needed to promote building airtightness. Representative(s) from … Continue reading →
QUALICHeCK ended in February 2017. The consortium has archived its key findings in several reports and 59 factsheets. Factsheets are short 2- to 10-page documents highlighting specific results. The factsheets specifically related to ventilation and airtightness issues, field data, and … Continue reading →
The annual report of 2016 of the International Energy Agency’s Energy in Buildings and Communities (IEA-EBC) Programme has just been released. This report presents an overview of the Programme’s main activities with summaries of new, ongoing and recently completed projects. … Continue reading →
The abstract submission for the 38th AIVC – 6th TightVent – 4th venticool conference: “Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings” to be held in Nottingham, UK on September 13-14, 2017 closed, initiating the review process of the abstracts received. Authors will be … Continue reading →
The review process of the abstracts submitted for the 38th AIVC – 6th TightVent – 4th venticool conference: “Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings” to be held in Nottingham, UK on September 13-14, 2017 will start on Monday 6 March 2017. All abstracts received … Continue reading →
The abstract submission deadline for the 38th AIVC – 6th TightVent – 4th venticool conference: “Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings” to be held in Nottingham, UK on September 13-14, 2017 has been extended. The extended deadline for abstract submission is now March … Continue reading →
The eleventh issue of the TightVent newsletter is now available! Contents include: Foreword 13-14 September 2017 – 38th AIVC & 6th TightVent conference in Nottingham, UK TAAC news March 31 – April 1, 2017, Conference, Hannover – “10th International BUILDAIR Symposium” … Continue reading →
First results from a literature review, preparing a field measurement campaign and a laboratory protocol for airtightness accelerated aging and performance characterization. Over the past thirty years, much progress has been made to increase knowledge about mechanisms governing building airtightness … Continue reading →
QUALICHeCK recently released several new factsheets. Factsheet #21 describes the quality framework for reliable fan pressurisation tests. Airtightness performance of the building has a significant weight in the Belgian EPB-calculation and the number of pressurisation tests in new buildings is … Continue reading →
