The sixth issue of the venticool newsletter is now available for download! Contents include: Foreword IEA EBC Annex 62 – Ventilative Cooling – 3rd Expert Meeting, Changsha, China, April 15-18, 2015 IEA EBC Annex 62, Ventilative Cooling, State-of-the-Art Review completed Recently completed … Continue reading →
The state-of-the-art (SOTAR) report of ECB Annex 62 Ventilative Cooling is completed; it summarises the work of the initial working phase of the Annex and is structured in five chapters: Potentials and limitations, reviews existing methods suitable to estimate the … Continue reading →
17 delegates from 9 countries attended the expert meeting. The host was Hunan University (Prof. Guoqiang Zhang) who in conjunction with the expert meeting also organized the “International symposium of Sustainable City and Built Environment” with about 250 attendees and … Continue reading →
The research program investigated the potential energy savings to be gained by retrofitting non-domestic buildings in California with natural ventilation for cooling. The simplest and most cost effective retrofit is to open windows on the façade and turn off any … Continue reading →
Within the first phase IEA EBC Annex 62, Ventilative Cooling, running from 2014 – 2017, chances and challenges of Ventilative Cooling have been investigated. Main challenges have been identified in the aspects of security, noise and wind protection, dust and … Continue reading →
This report deals with Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), thermal comfort and daylight requirements in Belgium (Brussels Region), Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the UK (England and Wales) and focuses on the respective building codes for new and existing … Continue reading →
A new publication was released in the framework of the International Energy Agency’s Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) Programme and the Energy in Buildings and Communities (EBC) Programme through the joint SHC Task 40/EBC Annex 52: “Towards net zero energy … Continue reading →
The abstract submission deadline at the 36th AIVC Conference: “Effective ventilation in high performance buildings”, to be held in Madrid, Spain 23-24, 2015 has been extended. The extended deadline for abstract submission is now April 15, 2015. Authors are kindly invited … Continue reading →
Around 55 participants from 16 countries attended the international workshop on “Ventilation and Airtightness in Buildings : Voluntary and Regulatory Frameworks to Improve Quality and Compliance” which was held in Lund, Sweden on March 16-17, 2015. One topic of specific attention was schemes … Continue reading →
Registration to the 36th AIVC – 5th TightVent- 3rd venticool: “Effective ventilation in high performance buildings” joint conference is now open. Programme information will follow soon so stay tuned.
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