Welcome to this combined website of the venticool platform and of IEA EBC Annex 62 – Ventilative Cooling, IEA EBC Annex 80 – Resilient Cooling of Buildings, IEA EBC Annex 87 – Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality Performance of Personalised Environmental Control Systems & Annex 97 – Sustainable Cooling in Cities
Energy Efficiency and Indoor Climate in Buildings is out! Edition of October 2025
The October 2025 issue of the “Energy Efficiency and Indoor Climate in Buildings” newsletter has just been released. This monthly online newspaper contains relevant information on the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC), the building and ductwork airtightness platform (TightVent … Continue reading →
New paper: Dry-roasted NUTS: early estimates of the regional impact of 2025 extreme weather
A new study has found that extreme weather events across Europe in the summer of 2025 caused significant economic losses, with impacts expected to intensify in the years ahead. The paper, Dry-roasted NUTS: early estimates of the regional impact of … Continue reading →
“Summer heat deaths in 854 European cities more than tripled due to climate change,” new report warns
A new report from the Grantham Institute and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine warns that climate change has sharply increased the number of deaths caused by extreme summer heat across Europe. The analysis, covering 854 European cities, … Continue reading →
Annex 97: Sustainable Cooling in Cities Now on venticool website
We are pleased to announce that EBC Annex 97 “Sustainable Cooling in Cities” is now available on the venticool website, alongside Annexes 62, 80, and 87. This addition broadens our platform’s coverage of resilient ventilative cooling strategies in the built … Continue reading →
Unlocking Energy Efficient Ventilative Cooling Through Emerging CEN & ISO Standards
We are pleased to announce that a dedicated workshop on ventilative cooling will take place during the upcoming 45th AIVC – ASHRAE IEQ, 13th TightVent & 11th venticool Conference, scheduled for 24–26 September 2025 in Montreal, Canada. The workshop is … Continue reading →
Latest Developments from Annex 87 “Energy and IEQ Performance of PECS”. New Review Articles Published
EBC Annex 87 “Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality Performance of Personalised Environmental Control Systems (PECS)” has recently published three comprehensive review articles on PECS, covering their benefits for thermal comfort, air quality, health, and human performance; the definition and performance … Continue reading →
AIVC’s Annotated Bibliography 14: Overview of the 2024 Conference Sessions
We are happy to announce the release of a new AIVC publication: Annotated Bibliography 14: Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality – Overview of the AIVC 2024 Conference sessions This annotated bibliography is based on … Continue reading →
30 September – 1 October 2026, AIVC – TightVent – venticool joint Conference, Incheon, Republic of Korea
The 46th AIVC conference “Innovations in Smart Ventilation and IEQ for Resilient and Adaptive Buildings” will take place on September 30 & October 1, 2026 at the Songdo International District in Incheon, Republic of Korea. This international event will be held jointly with the 12th venticool … Continue reading →
21-22 April 2026, Workshop, Madrid, “Climate Change, Ventilation and Resilience”
The Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) together with the Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Science (CSIC) (IETcc-CSIC) and venticool are organising a workshop entitled ‘Climate Change and Resilient Ventilation’ to be held on 21-22 April 2026 in Madrid. The … Continue reading →
venticool newsletter is out! Edition of July 2025 now available!
The 26th issue of the venticool newsletter is now available! Specific contents include: Foreword 21-22 April 2026, AIVC Workshop, Madrid, “Climate Change, Ventilation and Resilience” 24-26 September 2025, AIVC – ASHRAE IEQ –venticool– TightVent joint conference, Montreal, Canada 30 September – … Continue reading →