A new report from the Grantham Institute and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine warns that climate change has sharply increased the number of deaths caused by extreme summer heat across Europe. The analysis, covering 854 European cities, … Continue reading →
We are pleased to announce that EBC Annex 97 “Sustainable Cooling in Cities” is now available on the venticool website, alongside Annexes 62, 80, and 87. This addition broadens our platform’s coverage of resilient ventilative cooling strategies in the built … Continue reading →
We are pleased to announce that a dedicated workshop on ventilative cooling will take place during the upcoming 45th AIVC – ASHRAE IEQ, 13th TightVent & 11th venticool Conference, scheduled for 24–26 September 2025 in Montreal, Canada. The workshop is … Continue reading →
EBC Annex 87 “Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality Performance of Personalised Environmental Control Systems (PECS)” has recently published three comprehensive review articles on PECS, covering their benefits for thermal comfort, air quality, health, and human performance; the definition and performance … Continue reading →
We are happy to announce the release of a new AIVC publication: Annotated Bibliography 14: Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality – Overview of the AIVC 2024 Conference sessions This annotated bibliography is based on … Continue reading →
The 26th issue of the venticool newsletter is now available! Specific contents include: Foreword 21-22 April 2026, AIVC Workshop, Madrid, “Climate Change, Ventilation and Resilience” 24-26 September 2025, AIVC – ASHRAE IEQ –venticool– TightVent joint conference, Montreal, Canada 30 September – … Continue reading →
Since the start of the preparation phase began in January 2025, EBC Annex 97 / Cities TCP Task 5 “Sustainable Cooling in Cities” has steadily gained momentum. A key event during this period was the two-day workshop held in Vienna, … Continue reading →
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 →
We’re happy to announce that the recordings of the AIVC-venticool webinar, “Improving thermal resilience of buildings to overheating: Lessons learned”, held on May 5, 2025, are now available on our website! Featured Presentations: ReCOver++ project: wrap up (Hilde Breesch, KU … Continue reading →
Climate change is leading to increasingly frequent and severe heatwaves, which elevate the risk of human thermal stress in indoor environments. These conditions can make buildings uninhabitable during extreme events and long after they have passed. Therefore, it is crucial … Continue reading →
