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
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 →
Energy Efficiency and Indoor Climate in Buildings is out! Edition of November 2024
The November 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 →
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 →
Recordings from the webinar “Design and performance assessment of Ventilative Cooling”
We’re excited to announce that the recordings and presentation slides from the AIVC & venticool webinar “Design and performance assessment of Ventilative Cooling”, held on March 21, 2024, are now accessible online here. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay updated … Continue reading →
venticool newsletter is out! Edition of July 2024 now available!
The 24th issue of the venticool newsletter is now available! Specific contents include: Foreword 24 – 26 September 2025, AIVC – ASHRAE IEQ –venticool– TightVent joint conference, Montreal, Canada 9-10 October 2024 –10th venticool- 44th AIVC – 12th TightVent conference … Continue reading →
Typical and extreme weather datasets for studying the resilience of buildings to climate change and heatwaves
Developed under the framework of “Annex 80: Resilient Cooling of Buildings” project by the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme (EBC), a new paper presents unprecedented typical and extreme weather datasets for assessing the resilience of … Continue reading →
IEA EBC Annex 80 Resilient Cooling of Buildings new publications!
We are happy to announce the release of six publications by the EBC Annex 80 “Resilient Cooling of Buildings”! International Energy Agency EBC Annex 80| Resilient Cooling of Buildings – Midterm Report | (April 2024) International Energy Agency EBC Annex 80 | Resilient Cooling … Continue reading →