Building airtightness tests are now required or promoted in more and more countries, in particular for residential buildings. However, airtightness tests in high-rise buildings remain particularly challenging and uncommon. In addition to the difficulties of pressurizing any large-volume building and … Continue reading →
The 25th issue of the TightVent newsletter is now available! Specific contents include: Foreword Feedback from the 11th TightVent – 43rd AIVC & 9th venticool Conference: Summary of the airtightness track 9-10 October 2024 –12th TightVent- 44th AIVC – 10th … Continue reading →
We are pleased to announce that the AIVC 2024 Conference “Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality” is now accepting abstracts & proposals for topical sessions. The Conference will be held on October 9-10, 2024, at Croke Park, … Continue reading →
On 4-5 October 2023, the AIVC – TightVent – venticool 2023 joint Conference “Ventilation, IEQ, and Health in Sustainable Buildings”, was organised by the International Network on Ventilation and Energy Performance (INIVE) on behalf of the Air Infiltration and Ventilation … Continue reading →
The AIVC has just released a new publication! AIVC’s Ventilation Information Paper #47: High-rise buildings airtightness – error due to stack effect on point measurements gives guidance to perform a pressurization test in high-rise buildings and suggests new criteria to replace standard … Continue reading →
The 44th AIVC conference “Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality” will be held on 9 & 10 October 2024 in Dublin, Ireland together with the 12th TightVent conference and the 10th venticool conference. The conference will take place at Croke Park. Conference Scope In a … Continue reading →
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309) is now open for submission. This Special Issue is motivated by the importance of the airtightness of buildings in terms of indoor air quality and the energy implications of heat transfer. Currently, it is not possible to … Continue reading →
We are happy to share with you information on the topical sessions dedicated to airtightness namely “Building and ductwork airtightness regulations in various countries” & “Revision of ISO 9972: Improvements in the reliability of airtightness measurements”, set to take place … Continue reading →
The date for the AIVC -TightVent – venticool 2023 Conference: “Ventilation, IEQ and health in sustainable buildings” is now approaching quickly! The conference will be held during 4-5 October 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. More than 190 people have booked their seats for the … Continue reading →
We are happy to announce the release of AIVC’s Ventilation Information Paper #46: Building airtightness impact on Energy Performance (EP) calculations. The paper aims to explain simplified models developed and used around the world to estimate the infiltration rate for … Continue reading →
