LoginMarch 16-17, 2015 | "Voluntary and Regulatory Frameworks to Improve Quality and Compliance of Ventilation and Airtightness"
Although ventilation and airtightness are covered in most countries by various regulations focused on energy performance and/or indoor air quality, the effectiveness of these regulations is often called into question. A number of studies have shown significant deviations between assumed and actual characteristics of the building or equipment, possibly resulting in non-compliance to the regulation and/or degraded performance.
The principal objective of this workshop was to discuss and identify ways to reduce these deviations with or without regulatory measures, thereby increasing the confidence in declared values of documents produced to show compliance with the regulations.
Three aspects were more specifically addressed:
- how to improve the reliability of the input data used to issue Energy Performance certificates;
- how to improve the quality of the works;
- how to take into account innovations in a compliance framework.
The workshop discussions were based on detailed presentations of schemes that are operational or under development to address those issues.
Volume content
Welcome on behalf of QUALICHeCK – Objectives of this workshop – QUALICHeCK’s approach to quality and compliance | 2015 | English
BUILD UP Skills: European collaboration on improving the competence of the building workforce – Ventilation and airtightness aspects | 2015 | English
Approaches to improve compliance and accessibility of energy performance certificate input data | 2015 | English
The role certification can play to improve the reliability of input data. Eurovent certification example | 2015 | English
Opportunities and challenges for natural ventilation systems and ventilative cooling solutions in compliance frameworks | 2015 | English
Assessment of demand-controlled ventilation in various countries and compliance frameworks: practical experience and difficulties encountered by a manufacturer. | 2015 | English
Market drivers for the ventilation industry in Sweden: the role of AMA and OVK procedures, standardisation, and certification | 2015 | English
Quality and compliance on building ventilation and airtightness in the Dutch context | 2015 | English
Air-Permeability Testing of New Dwellings & Buildings in the UK: Challenges to Maintaining Standards | 2015 | English
OVK Compliance (regulatory) and energy efficiency measures, as well as guidance to municipal supervisors on the Board’s Web (Boverkets), OVK experience and supervision | 2015 | English