We are happy to announce the release of the free/open-source pythermalcomfort version 3.0, a comprehensive toolkit for calculating thermal comfort indices, heat/cold stress metrics, and thermophysiological responses in Python. Key Updates in pythermalcomfort v3.0: Multi-node models:Pythermalcomfort now includes JOS3 a … Continue reading →
The 25th 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 Feedback from the AIVC-TightVent‐ venticool Conference: Summary of the resilient ventilative cooling … Continue reading →
On 9-10 October 2024, the AIVC – TightVent – venticool 2024 joint Conference “Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality”, was organised by the International Network on Ventilation and Energy Performance (INIVE) on behalf of the … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
