Around 160 participants attended the joint 36th AIVC – 5th TightVent – 3rd venticool conference held in Madrid, Spain September 23-24, 2015. The programme consisted of 3 parallel sessions with contributions from 27 countries and international organisations. Over 120 presentations … Continue reading →
This guide, released by the Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA), provides information on how to design and build buildings to achieve their airtightness targets. It is intended for architects, building service designers, energy assessors, builders, services installers, fire sealers, … Continue reading →
This joint conference will provide a unique opportunity for dialog among attendees to facilitate understanding of current indoor air quality policies, standards and best practices with themes such as regulatory vs. voluntary compliance for achieving Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), the … Continue reading →
The international conference on “EPBD Review: Elements for better compliance and quality of works” will be held in Brussels on Friday 4 September 2015. One specific objective is to exchange about the public consultation process for the evaluation and review of … Continue reading →
This guide released by the Passivhaus Trust, highlights the key aspects of designing to the Passivhaus standard and lists the do’s and don’t’s on how to successfully build a Passivhaus. Chapter 4 of the guide is dedicated to airtightness; It … Continue reading →
This report provides guidance on understanding the air leakage requirements in the 2012 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and gives suggestions on how to meet the air sealing measures. It also provides information from Building America’s Air … Continue reading →
The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) operates a registration scheme that certifies testers to I.S. EN 13829:2000 – Thermal Performance of Buildings – Determination of Air Permeability of Domestic Buildings – (Single or Single & Multi) Fan Pressurization Method. … Continue reading →
This guide recently released by Encraft, provides guidance for the specific airtightness testing requirements for Passive House & EnerPHit certification, taking into account the existing differences in the calculations and methodologies when compared to the UK Building Regulations. It includes … Continue reading →
After 4 years of active promotion of better building and ductwork airtightness to achieve Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings thanks to its founding and present partners, TightVent Europe opens more broadly to: companies and associations of companies, with annual fees starting at … Continue reading →
One of the objectives of QUALICHeCK is to speed up the implementation and uptake of approaches to improve the reliability of EPC input data and the quality of the works in practice. To this end, a number of fact sheets … Continue reading →
