We are happy to share with you information on a topical session dedicated to ventilative cooling namely “Importance of good resilient building design and standards to ensure good ventilative cooling performance to reduce overheating and environmental impact”, set to take … Continue reading →
The date for the AIVC -TightVent – venticool 2023 Conference: “Ventilation, IEQ and health in sustainable buildings” is now approaching quickly! The conference will be held during 4-5 October 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. More than 160 people have booked their seats for the … Continue reading →
The Center for the Built Environment (CBE) Thermal Comfort Tool, developed at The University of California at Berkeley, is a free online thermal comfort tool allowing users to perform complex thermal comfort calculations and offers dynamic and interactive visual representations … Continue reading →
The recent article “Heat-related mortality in Europe during the summer of 2022” by Joan Ballester et al. dated July 10, 2023 and published in the Nature Medicine journal, quantified the mortality associated with record-breaking temperatures during the summer of 2022, … Continue reading →
A recent article by the International Energy Agency (IEA), released on July 21,2023, focuses on the recent 2023 unprecedented heatwaves which have led to record breaking temperatures, thus driving demand for air conditioning higher and straining electricity grids worldwide. The … Continue reading →
The 22nd issue of the venticool newsletter is now available! Specific contents include: Foreword Feedback from Feedback from the 7th meeting of the Advisory Board of Practitioners for Annex 80 & venticool & AIVC 4‐5 October 2023 – 43rd AIVC – … Continue reading →
WindowMaster has now developed WSC 104 – a compact smoke control panel, with its seamless ability to combine efficient smoke extraction with comfort ventilation, is helping to drive up interior health and safety standards across the board. Safeguarding occupants and … Continue reading →
As the number of hot days per year noticeably increased, the search for alternatives that keep down indoor temperatures is a ‘hot’ trend. Effectively keeping the indoors cool requires night cooling or intensive ventilations using large window louvres. You can … Continue reading →
On May 31st, Annex 80 scientists, practitioners, and planners as well as representatives from the building cooling associated industry gathered for the 7th meeting of the Advisory Board of Practitioners. This board, an initiative of Annex 80, AIVC and venticool, was … Continue reading →
The Danish Standard DS 447 “Ventilation in buildings – Mechanical, natural and hybrid ventilation systems” was published in January 2022. This standard specifies the requirements for ventilation in buildings intended for human occupancy. The purpose of this standard is to … Continue reading →
