During the TightVent-AIVC webinar Building airtightness improvements of the building stock- Analysis of European databases held on 19 January 2021, Maarten De Strycker from the Belgian Construction Certification Association (BCCA) provided an analysis of the of the BCCA airtightness database … Continue reading →
During the TightVent-AIVC webinar Building airtightness improvements of the building stock- Analysis of European databases held on 19 January 2021, Adeline Melois from CEREMA (centre d’études et d’expertise sur les risques, l’environnement, la mobilité et l’aménagement), provided an analysis of … Continue reading →
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 →
The recordings and the slides of the recent AIVC-TightVent webinar: “Better Quantifying and Locating Building Leakages” held on November 30th 2020, are now available online. The full collection of past events’ recordings and slides can be found at: https://tightvent.eu/events/webinars. Check … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
The 19th issue of the TightVent newsletter is now available! Specific contents include: Foreword 13 -15 September 2021 – 41st AIVC & 9th TightVent – ASHRAE IAQ jointconference in Athens, Greece 30 November 2020, 10:30- 11:45 CET – Webinar “Better Quantifying … Continue reading →
Not only air, but also the radioactive radon can penetrate rooms through leakages in the building envelope and accumulate there if ventilation is poor. Because increased radon concentration is the second most common cause of lung cancer, the EU has … Continue reading →
Building airtight is important, but it’s not easy. It depends both on the design of the building as on the craftmanship of the installer. We’ve got little influence on the first, so let’s make it easy for the second. No … Continue reading →
Retrotec’s Blower Door & Duct Testing Online Training Courses are an industry staple. Now, Retrotec has re-released these courses tailored for Metric System users. Learn the principles of blower door testing or duct leakage testing including how to set up, … Continue reading →
