Around 150 participants attended the joint 35^th AIVC – 2^nd venticool – 4^th TightVent conference held in Poznan, Poland September 24-25, 2014. The programme consisted of 3 parallel tracks with contributions from 27 countries and international organizations. Over 100 presentations were given covering topics ranging from ventilative cooling and thermal comfort, air infiltration through leaks in the building envelope and ductwork and ventilation in relation to IAQ and health. It has also been a major discussion place for on-going projects and initiatives such as the IEA EBC annex 62, the QUALICHeCK project and platform, the venticool and TightVent Europe platforms, the newly formed Indoor Environmental Quality – Global Alliance (IEQ-GA), etc., based on presentations of results and perspectives as well as interactions with the audience.

The ventilative cooling track of the conference consisted of 4 sessions with 29 presentations. Specific topical sessions dealing with ventilative cooling included the following topics:

• Ventilative cooling and Annex 62
• Comfort in sustainable buildings

The article available here summarizes the main trends and conclusions addressed during the presentations and discussions in the ventilative cooling track of the conference.