On March 30, 2022 TightVent Europe sent feedback to the European Commission’s Proposal for a Recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). TightVent Europe has put forward some elements to be taken into account by the European Commission. … Continue reading →
The conference “IAQ 2020: Indoor Environmental Quality Performance Approaches Transitioning from IAQ to IEQ”, organized by ASHRAE and AIVC, will be held in Athens, Greece. The conference will also be the 9th TightVent and 7th venticool conference. Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) has … Continue reading →
The recordings and the slides of the recent AIVC-TightVent webinar: “Inspection of ventilation systems in new regulations in European countries” held on November 30th, 2021, are now available online! The full collection of past events’ recordings and slides can be … Continue reading →
The 21st issue of the TightVent newsletter is now available! Specific contents include: Foreword 5 – 6 October 2022 – 42nd AIVC – 10th TightVent- 8th venticool conference in Rotterdam, Netherlands 4 – 6 May 2022 – 41st AIVC – ASHRAE … Continue reading →
The 42nd AIVC conference: “Ventilation Challenges in a Changing World” will be held in the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands together with the 10th TightVent and the 8th venticool conferences on October 5-6, 2022. Conference Scope More than ever in the past, climate change and the … Continue reading →
Tuesday 30 November 2021, 10:30-12:00 CET In the context of energy use reduction, low energy buildings are becoming more widespread. This kind of construction requires a good envelope airtightness to prevent uncontrolled leakages of conditioned air leading to energy losses. … Continue reading →
As the energy performance of buildings, the indoor air quality and the preservation of buildings from constructive pathologies are based – in particular – on good airtightness of the envelope, the durability of the latter is recognized now as an … Continue reading →
The recordings and the slides of the recent AIVC-TightVent webinar: “Impact of wind on airtightness test results” held on November 8th, 2021, are now available online! The full collection of past events’ recordings and slides can be found at: http://tightvent.eu/events/webinars Check … Continue reading →
ATTMA, the Air Tightness Testing & Measurement Association, has been analysing improvements in the new-build dwellings over the last 6 years using its specially designed Lodgement system. ATTMA members are required to record information from each test by uploading the … Continue reading →
Monday, November 8th, 2021 15:30-16:45 CET Building airtightness tests have become very common in many countries, either to comply with minimum requirements of regulations or programmes, or to justify input values in calculation methods. Thus, it has become very important … Continue reading →
