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 →
We’re excited to announce that the recordings and presentation slides from the AIVC & venticool webinar “Exploring window opening behaviour for optimal cooling and thermal comfort”, which took place on March 26, 2024, are now accessible online here. Feel free to … Continue reading →
The 44th AIVC conference “Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality” will be held on 9 & 10 October 2024 in Dublin, Ireland together with the 10th venticool conference and the 12th TightVent conference. The conference will take place … Continue reading →
Occupants use windows to control their thermal comfort and indoor air quality (IAQ). However, occupants often have to make a compromise between thermal, acoustic and visual comfort, IAQ and energy use for space conditioning. Moreover, they are not only looking … Continue reading →
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 →
