The European Solar Energy Organisation (ES-SO) released a white paper focusing on the overheating risk in low energy buildings in order to strengthen the awareness of member states of a growing problem which is not sufficiently addressed in the current … Continue reading →
The building glass façade and window industry represented by European Aluminium, EuroWindoor, ES-SO and Glass for Europe came together to call for a modernised EPBD to unleash the energy savings potential of high performing windows. The four associations call for a … Continue reading →
“Ventilative cooling for buildings may lead to cooling energy savings and improvements in thermal comfort, especially in seasonally temperate and warm climates. But, codes and regulations need to better quantify its benefits”, says professor Per Heiselberg, operating agent of IEA … Continue reading →
IEA EBC Annex 62 released an Application Database containing buildings which make use of Ventilative Cooling from several countries. Each datasheet holds basic building specifications as well as information about Ventilative Cooling Site Design Elements and Ventilative Cooling Architectural Design … Continue reading →
The 6th Annex 62 Expert Meeting will be held from Wednesday, October 12 to Thursday, October 13, 2016 at the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, in Vienna, Austria. The participants will present and discuss the Annex’s deliverables and … Continue reading →
The September 2016 issue of the CIBSE Natural Ventilation News is now available. This Newsletter, aims to inform members and potential members of the work being undertaken by the Group to benefit the discipline of natural ventilation within CIBSE. The specific … Continue reading →
venticool has joined the Covenant of Mayors as an Associated Partner. Heralded as the “world’s biggest urban climate and energy initiative” by Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete, the Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy brings together thousands of local and regional authorities … Continue reading →
The 4th venticool conference will be held on 13 and 14 September 2017 in Nottingham (UK) together with the 38th AIVC conference and the 6th TightVent conference. More information will follow soon so stay tuned.
Continue reading →ATLANTA – The keynote speakers for the IAQ 2016 Defining Indoor Air Quality: Policy, Standards and Best Practices Conference have been announced. The conference, co-organised by ASHRAE and AIVC, takes place Sept. 12-14, 2016, in Alexandria, Va., at the Crowne … Continue reading →
Ventilative cooling can be very effective to reduce the cooling energy demand in buildings in summer or mid-season conditions. Although energy simulation tools can be used to assess ventilative cooling potential, finding the appropriate trade-off between accuracy and simplicity for … Continue reading →
