Well-insulated and air-tight buildings are known to be vulnerable to overheating. An increase in the severity and duration of heatwaves is expected, resulting in more severe overheating risks, affecting in turn the health and mortality of building users. To achieve more future-proof buildings, it is crucial to design buildings that are “resilient” to overheating in future climate conditions.
On March 30, 2022 AIVC sent feedback to the European Commission’s Proposal for a Recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).
The AIVC has put forward some elements to be taken into account by the European Commission. AIVC’s input to the EPBD revision, structured by remarks & proposals for amendments of the public consultation document, is available to read and download here.
On March 24th, June 9th, October 27th & December 15th,2020, Annex 80 scientists, practitioners, and planners as well as representatives from the building cooling associated industry gathered for 4 remote meetings of the Advisory Board of Practitioners. This board, an initiative of Annex 80, AIVC and venticool, was founded to put results of scientific research into action by establishing strong ties to practitioners and to include their practical experience in future research projects.
We are pleased to announce the release of AIVC's Technical Note no 69: 40 years to build tight and ventilate right: History of the AIVC. This report provides information about the history of AIVC, its events and publications, its member countries and board members and collaborations with other organisations.
The document is freely accessible. Please click here to download and read the document.
Submitted by Maria.Kapsalaki on Wed, 02/02/2022 - 10:49
As the AIVC was created in 1979, the 40th anniversary of the AIVC was celebrated in October 2019 at the 40th AIVC conference in Ghent. In the context of this celebration, it was decided to publish 2 overview publications:
Submitted by Maria.Kapsalaki on Tue, 01/25/2022 - 17:54
The AIVC (Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre), TightVent Europe (the building and ductwork airtightness platform) and venticool (the platform for resilient ventilative cooling have organised during the past 9 years 34 webinars around a wide range of topics. The main topics of the events held include:
The Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre and TightVent Europe are organizing the webinar "Inspection of ventilation systems in new regulations in European countries" to be held on November 30th, 2021 at 10:30-12:00 CET. The objective of this webinar is to present new regulation requirements in Ireland, Germany and France.
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