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 →
We’re excited to announce that the recordings and presentation slides from the AIVC & venticool webinar “Design and performance assessment of Ventilative Cooling”, held on March 21, 2024, are now accessible online here. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay updated … Continue reading →
The 24th 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 9-10 October 2024 –10th venticool- 44th AIVC – 12th TightVent conference … Continue reading →
Developed under the framework of “Annex 80: Resilient Cooling of Buildings” project by the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme (EBC), a new paper presents unprecedented typical and extreme weather datasets for assessing the resilience of … Continue reading →
We are happy to announce the release of six publications by the EBC Annex 80 “Resilient Cooling of Buildings”! International Energy Agency EBC Annex 80| Resilient Cooling of Buildings – Midterm Report | (April 2024) International Energy Agency EBC Annex 80 | Resilient Cooling … Continue reading →
On March 12th, 2024, representatives from the building cooling and ventilation associated industry together with architects, and consultants gathered for the 9th meeting of the Advisory Board of Practitioners (ABoP). This board, led since the beginning of 2024 by venticool … Continue reading →
