An inexorable increase in energy consumption for the cooling of buildings, and the increase in overheating of buildings is caused by urbanisation and densification, climate change, elevated comfort expectations, and inappropriate architectural design practices. Meeting this challenge requires further development … Continue reading →
The 13th issue of the venticool newsletter is now available! Specific contents include: Foreword Feedback from the 39th AIVC & 5th venticool conference: Summary of the ventilative cooling track 15 -16 October 2019 – 40th AIVC & 6th venticool conference in Ghent, … Continue reading →
More than 200 participants attended the joint 39th AIVC – 7th TightVent – 5th venticool conference held in Juan-Les-Pins, France on September 18-19, 2018. The programme consisted of 3 parallel sessions with contributions from 27 countries and international organisations. Around … Continue reading →
New standardization projects relevant to ventilative cooling applications (an air system that cools a building taking ventilation air from outside at its actual temperature and humidity and shall not have any mechanical pre-cooling based on refrigeration process) have officially been … Continue reading →
On September 20, 2018 the first Annex 80 Preparation Meeting took place at the Palais des Congrès, in Juan-les-Pins, France. Fifteen researchers from eight countries joined the open discussion on objectives and goals of the annex under preparation. Major outcomes … Continue reading →
IEA-EBC Annex 62 has just released its final deliverable! The summary report Status and recommendations for better implementation of ventilative cooling in standards, legislation and compliance tools, presents insights on recommendations into how ventilative cooling is integrated in EN standards, ISO standards, national standards, national … Continue reading →
The 40th AIVC conference will be held on 15 and 16 October 2019 in Ghent, Belgium. It will also be the 6th venticool conference and the 8th TightVent conference. Conference Scope In the past 40 years, since the first oil crisis in the seventies, energy and climate goals … Continue reading →
The final programme for the joint 39th AIVC, 7th TightVent –& 5th venticool conference “Smart ventilation for buildings” to be held on 18 and 19 September 2018 in Antibes Juan-Les-Pins, France is now available. The conference will consist of 3 parallel tracks devoted … Continue reading →
“Energy Efficiency and Indoor Climate in Buildings” has just been released. This monthly online newspaper contains relevant information on the international platform for ventilative cooling (venticool) & IEA EBC annex 62, the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC), the building and ductwork airtightness … Continue reading →
venticool has just released a new report in the context of IEA EBC Annex 62 ventilative cooling. This background report Status and recommendations for better implementation of ventilative cooling in standards, legislation and compliance tools, presents insights on recommendations into … Continue reading →
