Ventilative cooling emerges to be a key element in the strategy to meet the cooling demand in buildings while cutting the CO2 emissions. Ventilative cooling also enhances thermal comfort and mitigates heat stress in buildings. Despite these benefits, the practical … 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 →
Starting in 2024, venticool & AIVC are taking the lead in the Advisory Board of Practitioners, an initiative initially established in conjunction with Annex 80. The Board aims to put results of scientific research into action by establishing strong ties … Continue reading →
The AIVC 2024 Conference “Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality” will be held on October 9-10, 2024, at Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland. It will be a joint event combined with the 10th venticool and 12th TightVent … Continue reading →
In December 2023 the United Nations Environment Programme released the report Global Cooling Watch 2023: Keeping it Chill: How to meet cooling demands while cutting emissions. The document outlines sustainable cooling measures in three areas: passive cooling, higher-energy efficiency standards, … Continue reading →
The 23rd issue of the venticool newsletter is now available! Specific contents include: Foreword Feedback from the 43rd AIVC ‐ 9th venticool & 11th TightVent Conference: Summary of the resilient ventilative cooling track 9‐10 October 2024 – 10th venticool ‐ 44th … Continue reading →
The abstract & topical session submission deadlines for the AIVC -TightVent – venticool 2024 Conference: “Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality” to be held during 9-10 October 2024 in Dublin, Ireland have been extended! Authors interested … Continue reading →
Annex 87 held its second working phase meeting in a hybrid format in Lausanne, Switzerland on September 11th and 12th, 2023. There were 16 in-person attendees and around 28 online attendees. The annex team had very fruitful discussions on the … Continue reading →
On 4-5 October 2023, the AIVC – TightVent – venticool 2023 joint Conference “Ventilation, IEQ, and Health in Sustainable Buildings”, was organised by the International Network on Ventilation and Energy Performance (INIVE) on behalf of the Air Infiltration and Ventilation … Continue reading →
On November 15th, 2023, IEA EBC Annex 80 scientists, designers as well as representatives from the building cooling and ventilation associated industry gathered for the 8th meeting of the Advisory Board of Practitioners (ABoP). This board, an initiative of Annex 80, … Continue reading →
