We are very pleased to welcome the UK as new AIVC country.
This is a positive signal showing the relevance of the AIVC to support research and international collaboration on ventilation and air infiltration in buildings. This is also confirmed by the number of papers that will be presented at the AIVC Conference in Madrid on September 23-24, and the diversity of the countries represented (92 papers, 23 countries). With various topical sessions, this conference will also help disseminating specific projects results and cross-fertilising ideas between these projects.
The venticool platform paper: “Overview of provisions for ventilative cooling within 8 European building energy performance regulations” is now available online. This study aimed to focus on regulatory measures taken or missing regarding ventilative cooling in several countries, which could either inspire developments in other countries or point out specific problems for the market uptake of this technology.
The Indoor Environmental Quality Global alliance (http://ieq-ga.net/) organised its first sessions at the June 2015 ASHRAE Annual conference. The sessions present a holistic approach to indoor environmental quality and give information on different societies' activities to improve the indoor environment. To access the presentations and audio files of the sessions follow the links provided:
Ventilation and air infiltration into buildings represent a substantial energy demand which can account for between 25% to over 50% of a building's total space heating (or cooling) needs. Unnecessary or excessive air change can therefore have an important impact on global energy use. On the other hand insufficient ventilation may result in poor indoor air quality, with consequential health problems, or poor thermal comfort. Designing for optimum ventilation performance is hence a vital part of building design.
Around 55 participants from 16 countries attended the international workshop on “Ventilation and Airtightness in Buildings: Voluntary and Regulatory Frameworks to Improve Quality and Compliance” which was held in Lund, Sweden on March 16-17, 2015, with AIVC as co-organiser.
A summary of the workshop and the pdfs of the presentations are freely available on the QUALICHeCK website.
AIVC is preparing a Technote on Residential Ventilation and Health. The Technote is now under review by the AIVC. Providing good indoor air quality to home occupants can have a substantial impact on occupant health and ventilation is a key tool for achieving that goal.
The AIVC is very pleased to welcome the United Kingdom as new participating country! The UK will be represented in the board by Benjamin Jones, Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham and Maria Kolokotroni, Professor at Brunel University London.The AIVC at present counts 18 countries composing the AIVC Board demonstrating the growing interest on air infiltration and ventilation issues in new and renovated buildings.
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 the EPBD which will run until 31 October 2015.
The evaluation questionnaire of the QUALICHeCK workshop “Voluntary and Regulatory Frameworks to Improve Quality and Compliance”, 16-17 March 2015, Workshop in Lund, Sweden, was sent out to 55 attendees of the event. The summary of the main outcomes was the result of the feedback from 28 of the participants who filled in the evaluation form. It is now available to download here.
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