The May 2023 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 →
The 20th issue of the TightVent newsletter is now available! Specific contents include: Foreword [POSTPONED] 41st AIVC – ASHRAE – IAQ – 9th TightVent & 7th venticool joint Conference Impact of the wind during a building air leakage measurement TAAC news New release! AIVC Ventilation Information Paper 41: Impact of … Continue reading →
The Answer to Wind Issues in the Field. Despite the ubiquity of the wind problem when performing a blower door test, no manufacturer has offered an adequate solution. Until now. Retrotec’s SmartCloth™ is a true industry breakthrough. The new design … Continue reading →
With SoudaFrame SWI, Soudal has developed a robust, durable and user friendly pre frame system for the installation of exterior joinery. SoudaFrame is made of GFRP (Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastic), a very strong and resilient material with excellent thermal performance. … Continue reading →
With the current firmware, the digital pressure gauge DG 1000 now additionally receives a logger function for long term recording of data. Depending on the selected measurement interval (1 300 seconds), the DG 1000 records pressure differences over a period … Continue reading →
The new air tightness testing device MEZ DUCT TESTER 321 is used to determine the amount of air leakage and the air tightness class achieved in accordance with DIN EN 16798 3 or DIN EN 1507 and DIN EN 12237, … Continue reading →
[COVID-19 update] Because of COVID-19 uncertainty of conditions to hold a face-to-face conference in Athens in September 2021, ASHRAE and AIVC decided to postpone the conference and reschedule it for May 4-6, 2022. There will not be a new call for … Continue reading →
The 12th International BUILDAIR Symposium will take place on June 25 and 26, 2021 – as a bilingual online conference, in view of the corona situation. The meeting again offers an ambitious programme. Among other things, the presentations will deal with measuring techniques, … Continue reading →
The Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (https://www.aivc.org/) & the IEA EBC Annex 86 “Energy Efficient Indoor Air Quality Management in Residential Buildings” (https://annex86.iea-ebc.org/) are organizing a workshop consisting of a series of four webinars on: April 1st, 2021 (17:00-18:30 CET) – Building … Continue reading →
The Air Infiltration & Ventilation Centre has just released Ventilation Information Paper no 41: Impact of wind on the airtightness test results. This paper aims to present and discuss the calculation method of standard ISO 9972 regarding the uncertainty induced by wind; … Continue reading →
