Dear visitor,Welcome to this combined website of the venticool platform and of IEA EBC Annex 62 – Ventilative Cooling & IEA EBC Annex 80 – Resilient Cooling
Energy Efficiency and Indoor Climate in Buildings is out! Edition of May 2023
The April 2023 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 →
The warmest April on record? Heat waves arriving early in India, Spain & Portugal
Large parts of India have reported temperatures higher than average with heatwaves beginning on March 3. On April 18, 2023 above-normal maximum temperatures were recorded according to All India Weather Summary and Forecast bulletin by India Meteorological Department. In Southern Spain and Portugal, … Continue reading →
EU-level technical guidance on adapting buildings to climate change – Best practice guidance
In March 2023, the EU Commission published the report “EU-level technical guidance on adapting buildings to climate change”. The report includes 2 parts: a broader technical guidance; and a best practice guidance for concrete applications. The best practice guidance provides technical guidance on climate-adaptation … Continue reading →
4 – 5 October 2023 – 43rd AIVC – 9th venticool – 11th TightVent conference in Copenhagen, Denmark
The 43rd AIVC conference “Ventilation, IEQ and health in sustainable buildings” will be held on 4 & 5 October 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark together with the 11th TightVent conference and the 9th venticool conference. The conference will take place at the premises of Aalborg University Copenhagen. Conference … Continue reading →
Feedback from the venticool 2023 partners’ meeting!
On Monday March 20, 2023, venticool organized an online meeting to discuss the major outcomes and future challenges of venticool. The aim of the meeting was to inform the audience of the objectives and activities of venticool and the possibilities for collaboration. … Continue reading →
Submit your Abstracts by March 27! venticool– AIVC – TightVent 2023 joint Conference
The abstract submission deadline for the AIVC – TightVent – venticool 2023 Conference: “Ventilation, IEQ and health in sustainable buildings” to be held during 4-5 October 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark has been extended! Authors can now submit their abstracts by March … Continue reading →
Increased Cooling Degree Days and Decreased Heating Degree Days from 1979-2022
A recent analysis by Eurostat, released on February 27,2023, revealed that the need to heat a given building in the EU from 1979 to 2022 has decreased by almost a fifth. More specifically, the heating degree days (HDD) went down from … Continue reading →
Join us for the venticool 2023 partners’ meeting!
venticool is organizing an online meeting to be held on Monday March 20, 2023 [09:00-11:00 CET] to discuss the major outcomes and future challenges of venticool, the platform for resilient ventilative cooling, launched in 2012. The aim of the meeting … Continue reading →
Selected papers from the AIVC – TightVent- venticool 2022 Conference published at the REHVA Journal 01/2023 Issue!
The February 2023 edition of the REHVA Journal has been released, including a selection of articles presented at the 42nd AIVC conference – 10th TightVent – 8th venticool conference: “Ventilation Challenges in a Changing World” held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands … Continue reading →
Technological and financial tools to decarbonise the building sector and mitigate overheating in our cities – Insights from Professor Mat Santamouris and the EMF-ECBC
In the framework of The Trento EEMI Bauhaus Week, the European Mortgage Federation – European Covered Bond Council (EMF-ECBC) released a video-”call to action” (for distribution to 2000 banks and 5000 major companies) about the decarbonisation of buildings and the … Continue reading →