Welcome to this combined website of the venticool platform and of IEA EBC Annex 62 – Ventilative Cooling, IEA EBC Annex 80 – Resilient Cooling & IEA EBC Annex 87 – Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality Performance of Personalised Environmental Control Systems
Energy Efficiency and Indoor Climate in Buildings is out! Edition of December 2024
The December 2024 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 →
Personalized Environmental Control System (PECS) in Action: Insights from Case Studies
We are happy to announce that the recordings of the AIVC/ EBC Annex 87 & venticool co-organized webinar, “Personalized Environmental Control System (PECS) in Action: Insights from Case Studies”, held on December 5, 2024 are now available! This webinar explored … Continue reading →
EBC and Cities TCP Approve new Annex 97/Task 5 “Sustainable Cooling in Cities”
We are happy to inform you that the Energy in Buildings and Communities (EBC) and Cities Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) have approved EBC Annex 97/Cities TCP Task 5 “Sustainable Cooling in Cities”. The new annex has just been launched and … Continue reading →
Feedback from the 10th meeting of the Advisory Board of Practitioners for Venticool
On November 19th, 2024, representatives from the building cooling and ventilation associated industry together with architects, and consultants gathered for the 10th meeting of the Advisory Board of Practitioners (ABoP). This board, led since the beginning of 2024 by venticool (and … Continue reading →
United Nations Secretary-General’s Call to Action on Extreme Heat
The UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action on Extreme Heat highlights the urgent need for innovative solutions to address rising global temperatures. Central to the report, is the urgent need to evaluate the resilience of critical infrastructure and the built environment … Continue reading →
Topical session on “Ventilative cooling” @ AIVC 2024 conference in Dublin, Ireland (October 9, 2024)
On October 9-10 we had the privilege of attending the 44th Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) & 10th Venticool conference titled “Retrofitting the building stock: challenges and opportunities for indoor environmental quality” held in Dublin, Ireland. The event covered … Continue reading →
Record-Breaking Heatwaves and Extreme Heat Stress Impact Europe in 2023
According to the latest European State of the Climate report by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Europe experienced unprecedented heatwaves and extreme thermal stress in 2023. 2023 marked the second warmest year on … Continue reading →
AIVC & venticool Webinar – Personalized Environmental Control System (PECS) in Action: Insights from Case Studies | 5 December 2024 (10:30-12:00 CET)
Personal Environmental Control System (PECS) with the functions of heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting and acoustic has advantages of controlling the localized environment at occupant’s workstation by their preference instead of conditioning an entire room. This improves personal comfort, health and … Continue reading →
24 – 26 September 2025, AIVC – ASHRAE IEQ – venticool – TightVent joint conference, Montreal, Canada
The conference “IEQ 2025: Rising to new challenges: Connecting IEQ to a sustainable future”, organized by ASHRAE and AIVC, will be held in Montreal, Canada on 24-26 September 2025. The conference will also be the 13th TightVent and 11th venticool conference. This … Continue reading →
AIVC’s Ventilation Information Paper: Resilient Cooling of Buildings
We are happy to announce the release of AIVC’s Ventilation Information Paper #49: Resilient Cooling of Buildings! The paper discusses resilient cooling of buildings, as defined by IEA EBC Annex 80. It examines 4 groups of resilient cooling strategies while … Continue reading →