A new report by venticool has just been released, summarising the outcome of the work of the initial working phase of IEA EBC Annex 62 Ventilative Cooling based on the findings in the participating countries. It presents a summary of the first … Continue reading →
In many countries, most office buildings, and an increasing fraction of residential buildings, use mechanical cooling even when an optimized natural ventilative cooling (VC) system could meet cooling comfort and fresh air requirements. This five-day summer course will introduce students to … Continue reading →
The ninth issue of the venticool newsletter (February, 2017) is now available for download. Contents include: Foreword IEA-EBC Annex 62 Ventilative cooling Symposium, Vienna, October 14, 2016 Feedback from the IEA EBC Annex 62 Ventilative Cooling expert meeting in Vienna, October 12-14, 2016 13 -14 September 2017 … Continue reading →
The review process of the abstracts submitted for the 38th AIVC – 6th TightVent – 4th venticool conference: “Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings” to be held in Nottingham, UK on September 13-14, 2017 will start on Monday 6 March 2017. All abstracts received … Continue reading →
The abstract submission deadline for the 38th AIVC – 6th TightVent – 4th venticool conference: “Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings” to be held in Nottingham, UK on September 13-14, 2017 has been extended. The extended deadline for abstract submission is now March … Continue reading →
25 delegates from 12 countries attended the 6th IEA-EBC annex 62 expert meeting. The hosts were the Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (Isabella Zwerger) and the Institute of Building Research & Innovation (Dr. Peter Holzer), who in conjunction … Continue reading →
On the 14th of October 2016 the Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (Isabella Zwerger MSc) and the Institute of Building Research and Innovation (DI Dr. Peter Holzer) held a symposium on Ventilative Cooling in Vienna. Aside from the … Continue reading →
The recordings and the presentations of the QUALICHeCK webinars “Ventilative cooling potential and compliance — Status and perspectives in Spain and Germany” & “Status on the ground: Prevention of summer overheating — methods and results” are now available online at … Continue reading →
The 38th AIVC conference “Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings” will be held on 13 and 14 September 2017 in Nottingham (UK). It will also be the 4th venticool conference and the 6th TightVent conference. Conference Scope The need to reduce the energy … Continue reading →
This webinar will focus on summer thermal comfort by discussing available national requirements, related assessment methods as well as the results from field studies. Overheating prevention is addressed by EPBD Annex I which states that the energy performance of a … Continue reading →
