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The annual report of 2016 of the International Energy Agency’s Energy in Buildings and Communities (IEA-EBC) Programme has just been released. This report presents an overview of the Programme’s main activities with summaries of new, ongoing and recently completed projects.

Some of the highlights include:

The March issue of the AIVC newsletter has just been released.

Contents include:

The 38th AIVC conference "Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings" will be held on 13 and 14 September 2017 in Nottingham (UK). It will also be the 6th TightVent conference and the 4th venticool conference.

 The conference will place its focus on:

The abstract submission for the 38th AIVC – 6th TightVent – 4th venticool conference: “Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings” to be held in Nottingham, UK on September 13-14, 2017 has closed, initiating the review process of the abstracts received.

Authors will be notified regarding the acceptance of their abstracts by April 1, 2017. Full papers are due May 31, 2017.

The Air infiltration and Ventilation Centre just released its new Ventilation Information paper no35: Ventilative Cooling. State-of-the-art review executive summary.

The review process of the abstracts submitted for the 38th AIVC – 6th TightVent – 4th venticool conference: “Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings” to be held in Nottingham, UK on September 13-14, 2017 will start on Monday 6 March 2017. All abstracts received before Sunday evening will be included in the review process.

The final programme for the AIVC workshop: “Is ventilation the answer to indoor air quality control in buildings? Do we need performance-based approaches? to be held in Brussels, Belgium on 14-15 March, 2017 is now available.

The Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) has recently commissioned a literature review of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) research that has been conducted in New Zealand or addresses issues identified in the New Zealand context. The initial idea was to focus on IAQ in residential houses, however, schools, preschools and age care facilities have also been included. The review looks at the health effects, the pollutants and the building characteristics.

The abstract submission deadline for the 38th AIVC - 6th TightVent - 4th venticool conference: “Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings” to be held in Nottingham, UK on September 13-14, 2017 has been extended.

The ninth issue of the venticool newsletter (February, 2017) is now available for download.

Contents include: