The TightVent Airtightness Associations Committee (TAAC) has met 25 times since the committee’s launch in September 2012. The TAAC working group includes formal or informal groups of airtightness testers from several countries as well as TightVent gold and diamond partners. … Continue reading →
A new Ventilation Information Paper (VIP), has been released by the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC), which analyses both the policy instruments used (regulatory requirements and incentives, specific programme requirements, quality frameworks for testers and builders) and the changes observed … 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 →
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 →
The Air Tightness Testing & Measurement Association (ATTMA), have recently updated the Technical Standard L1: “Measuring air permeability in the envelopes of dwellings”, including changes and clarifications in order to reduce and remove ambiguity within the testing industry. This Technical … Continue reading →
The guidelines walk through the design and implementation of an airtightness concept and address the following aspects in new built and refurbished single family houses: defining the airtight layer, defining relevant details, choosing materials, tendering and placing purchase orders, executing … Continue reading →
In September 2012, TightVent Europe set up the TightVent Airtightness Associations Committee (TAAC committee) aiming to bring together airtightness testers associations with the primary goal to promote reliable testing and reporting procedures. Since then, the committee has met nine times … Continue reading →
