Addressing the increased potential for cooling energy demand and associated risk of overheating in new and refurbished low energy buildings is becoming an important issue for the industry. This half day seminar for researchers, designers, engineers & architects, is organised … Continue reading →
This new report, released by the Zero Carbon Hub, reviews the range of technical and behavioural solutions available to reduce the risk of overheating in UK homes. The document covers a wide range of possible measures from town planning and … Continue reading →
The recordings and the slides of the QUALICHeCK webinar: “Ventilative cooling potential and compliance in Energy Performance regulations — Status and perspectives in Belgium, Estonia, Greece” organised in cooperation the IEA project on ventilative cooling “EBC IEA Annex 62”, venticool … Continue reading →
The joint CLIMA 2016 and the 12th REHVA Conference will be held in Aalborg, Denmark on 22-25 May 2016. A specific session dealing with ventilative cooling is organised by venticool in cooperation with IEA EBC Annex 62, the Air Infiltration and … Continue reading →
The annual report of 2015 of the International Energy Agency’s Energy in Buildings and Communities (IEA-EBC) Programme is now available. This report presents an overview of the Programme’s main activities with summaries of new, ongoing and recently completed projects, including specific … Continue reading →
The seventh issue of the venticool newsletter is now available for download! Contents include: Foreword venticool new paper: “Overview of provisions for ventilative cooling within 8 European building energy performance regulations” Webinar series on ventilative cooling potential in Energy Performance regulations … Continue reading →
IEA EBC Annex 62 participants have contributed to the REHVA Journal special issue on ventilative cooling of January 2016. Featured articles include: Will the outcome of COP21 stimulate the EU member states to accelerate the building and HVAC sector towards a carbon-free … Continue reading →
Around 160 participants attended the joint 36th AIVC – 5th TightVent – 3rd venticool conference held in Madrid, Spain September 23-24, 2015. The programme consisted of 3 parallel sessions with contributions from 27 countries and international organisations. Over 120 presentations … Continue reading →
In November 2015, the European Commission published the results of the public consultation on the evaluation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The consultation ran from 30 June to 31 October 2015 and aimed at evaluating the current EPBD. … Continue reading →
The 2nd QUALICHeCK Workshop will take place in Athens, Greece, on 9-10 March 2016, and will focus on sustainable summer comfort technologies. Within the context of compliance and quality, topics to be covered include solar control, developments in cooling technologies and … Continue reading →
