AIVC Publications on ventilation and air infiltration

Ventilation Information Papers
Ventilation Information Papers (VIP) are a series of short AIVC publications (6 to 8 pages) intended for giving a basic knowledge of some aspects related to the air infiltration and/or the ventilation.

VIP 26 Trends in the Korea building ventilation market and drivers for changes New publication 2008 Download the document 1.2 MB
VIP 25 Trends in the Japanese building ventilation market and drivers for changes New publication 2008 Download the document 640 kB
VIP 24 Trends in the Polish building ventilation market and drivers for changes New publication 2008 Download the document 450 kB
VIP 23 Trends in the Brazilian building ventilation market and drivers for changes New publication 2008 Download the document 530 kB
VIP 22 Trends in the US building ventilation market and drivers for changes New publication 2008 Download the document 700 kB
VIP 21 Trends in the Norwegian building ventilation market and drivers for changes New publication 2008 Download the document 400 kB
VIP 20 Trends and drivers in the Finnish ventilation and AC market New publication 2008 Download the document 1.2 MB
VIP 19 Trends in the French building ventilation market and drivers for changes New publication 2008 Download the document 400 kB
VIP 18 Trends in the Belgian building ventilation market and drivers for changes New publication 2008 Download the document 500 kB
VIP 17 Trends in the building ventilation market in England and drivers for change New publication 2008 Download the document 520 kB
VIP 16 Air quality in passenger aircraft New publication 2008 Download the document 420 kB
VIP 15 Report of the 2nd European BlowerDoor Symposium 2007 2008 Download the document 280 kB
VIP 14 European ventilation standards supporting the EPBD 2007 Download the document 141 kB
VIP 13 Ceiling Fans 2007 Download the document 322 kB
VIP 12 Adaptive Thermal Comfort and Ventilation 2006 Download the document 167 kB
VIP 11 Use of Earth to Air Heat Exchangers for Cooling 2006 Download the document 743 kB
VIP 10 Sheltering in Buildings from Large-Scale Outdoor Releases 2004 Download the document 298 kB
VIP 09 Energy Performance Regulations: Which impact can be expected from the European Energy Performance Directive? 2004 Download the document 118 kB
VIP 08 Airtightness of buildings 2004 Download the document 367 kB
VIP 07 Indoor Air Pollutants – Part 2: Description of sources and control/mitigation measures 2004 Download the document 168 kB
VIP 06 Air-to-Air Heat Recovery in Ventilation Systems 2004 Download the document 681 kB
VIP 05 Displacement Ventilation 2004 Download the document 244 kB
VIP 04 Night ventilation strategies 2004 Download the document 410 kB
VIP 03 Natural ventilation in urban areas 2004 Download the document 1.1 MB
VIP 02 Indoor Air Pollutants - Part 1: General description of pollutants, levels and standards 2003 Download the document 259 kB
VIP 01 Airtightness of ventilation ducts 2003 Download the document 490 kB

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Technical reports Free full publication as a sample (TN 47 - 2.2 MB)

The AIVC's collection of technical notes on subjects including ventilation, infiltration, indoor air movement, and measurement techniques.
Please note that the technical notes in red are considered to be no longer up-to-date.

TN 62 Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality of Low Income Households New publication 2007
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TN 61 Natural and Hybrid Ventilation in the Urban Environment New publication 2007
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TN 60 Efficacy of Intermittent Ventilation for Providing Acceptable Indoor Air Quality 2006
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TN 59 Parameters for the design of demand controlled hybrid ventilation systems for residential buildings 2005
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TN 58 Reducing Indoor Residential Exposures to Outdoor Pollutants
2003
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563 kB
TN 57 Residential ventilation
2002
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TN 56 A Review of International Literature Related to Ductwork for Ventilation Systems
2002
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548 kB
TN 55 A review of international ventilation, airtightness, thermal insulation and indoor air quality criteria
2001
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949 kB
TN 54 Residential passive ventilation systems : Evaluation and design
2001
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TN 53 Occupant impact on ventilation
2001
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1.2 MB
TN 52 Acoustics and ventilation
2001
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5.8 MB

TN 51

Applicable Models for Air Infiltration and Ventilation Calculations

1999

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3.5 MB

TN 50

Ventilation technology in large non-domestic buildings

1998

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4.1 MB

TN 49

Energy impact of ventilation: estimates for the service and residential sectors

1997

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3.8 MB

TN 48

The role of ventilation in cooling non-domestic buildings

1997

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3.1 MB

TN 47

Energy requirements for conditioning of ventilating air

1995

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2.2 MB

TN 46

Survey of current research into air infiltration and related air quality problems in buildings

1995

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12 MB

TN 45

Air to air heat recovery in ventilation

1994

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2.1 MB

TN 44

Numerical Data for Air Infiltration and Natural Ventilation Calculations (replaced by Guide GU05)

1994

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4.5 MB

TN 43

Ventilation and building airtightness: an international comparison of standards, codes of practice and regulations (replaced by TN 55)

1994

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3.7 MB

TN 42

Current ventilation and air conditioning systems and strategies

1994

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4.4 MB

TN 41

Infiltration data from the Alberta Home Heating Research Facility

1993

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2.1 MB

TN 40

An overview of combined modelling of heat transport and air movement

1993

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3.8 MB

TN 39

A review of ventilation efficiency

1993

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1.7 MB

TN 37

A strategy for future ventilation research and applications

1992

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3.1 MB

TN 36

Air infiltration and ventilation glossary

1992

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2.2 MB

TN 35

Advanced ventilation systems - state of the art and trends

1992

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5.2 MB

TN 34

Air flow patterns within buildings: measurement techniques

1991

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12 MB

TN 33

A review of building air flow simulation

1991

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1.7 MB

TN 32

Reporting guidelines for the measurement of airflows and related factors in buildings

1991

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4.7 MB

TN 29

Fundamentals of the multizone air flow model - COMIS

1990

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5.4 MB

TN 28.2

A guide to contaminant removal effectiveness

1991

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2.4 MB

TN 28

A guide to air change efficiency

1990

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1.7 MB

TN 27

Infiltration and leakage paths in single family houses - multizone infiltration case study

1990

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1.4 MB

TN 26

IEA Annex IX: Minimum ventilation rates and measures for controlling indoor air quality

1989

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2.8 MB

TN 24

AIVC measurement techniques workshop: proceedings and bibliography

1988

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9.2 MB

TN 23

Inhabitants' behaviour with regard to ventilation

1988

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3.8 MB

TN 21

A review and bibliography of ventilation effectiveness - definitions, measurement, design and calculation

1987

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3.6 MB

TN 20

Airborne moisture transfer: New Zealand workshop proceedings and bibliographic review

1987

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11 MB

TN 17

Ventilation strategy - a selected bibliography

1985

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2.3 MB

TN 16

Leakage distribution in buildings

1985

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2.3 MB

TN 13.1

Wind pressure workshop proceedings

1984

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6.8 MB

TN 13

Wind pressure data requirements for air infiltration calculations

1984

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5.9 MB

TN 11

The validation and comparison of mathematical models of air infiltration

1983

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TN 10 Techniques and instrumentation for the measurement of air infiltration in buildings
1983
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3.4 MB
TN 5.4 Air Infiltration Glossary - English/Dutch - Nederlands/Engels
1988
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3.0 MB
TN 5.3 Air Infiltration Glossary - Italian edition
1984
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3.7 MB
TN 5.2 Air Infiltration Glossary - English/French - Francais/Anglais
1984
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3.9 MB
TN 5.1 Air Infiltration Glossary - English/German - Deutsch/English
1983
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TN 5 Air Infiltration Glossary (Replaced by TN 36)
1981
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4.8 MB

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Guides & Handbooks
A series of carefully researched and readily accessible publications giving detailed coverage on a range of important topics, and encapsulating the knowledge and experience derived from experts in all the AIVC Member Countries.

GU 5 Ventilation Modelling Data Guide 2002
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TP Improving ductwork: a time for tighter air distribution systems 1999
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2.9 MB
GV A guide to energy efficiency ventilation 1996
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8.6 MB
AG Air exchange rate and airtightness measurement techniques - An application guide 1988
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CT Air infiltration calculation techniques - An applications guide 1986
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HNBK Air Infiltration Control in Housing 1983
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Annotated Bibliographies
The AIVC's collection of bibliographies.

BIB 13 Review of Literature Related to Residential Ventilation Requirements   New publication 2007
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BIB 12 Review of Airflow Measurement Techniques 2003
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502 kB
BIB 11 Balancing Ventilation systems - An Annotated Bibliography 2001
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BIB 10 Annotated Bibliography: Ventilation System Duct Cleaning 2000
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BIB 09 An Annotated Bibliography: Impact of Urban Air Pollution on the Indoor Environment 1999
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4.5 MB
BIB 08 Passive Cooling Technology for Office Buildings: An Annotated Bibliography 1998
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5.4 MB
BIB 07 Ventilation and acoustics in buildings: an annotated bibliography 1997
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5.3 MB
BIB 06 Ventilation in schools: an annotated bibliography 1997
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4.9 MB
BIB 05 An annotated bibliography: heat pumps for ventilation exhaust air heat recovery 1996
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4.4 MB
BIB 04 An annotated bibliography: air intake positioning to avoid contamination of ventilation air 1995
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4.7 MB
BIB 03 An annotated bibliography: natural ventilation 1995
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7.3 MB
BIB 02 An annotated bibliography: garage ventilation 1994
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BIB 01 Ventilation and infiltration characteristics of lift shafts and stair wells 1993
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Literature Lists

LL 33 Overview of reports from the EU-RESHYVENT project on residential hybrid ventilation   New publication     Download the document 75 kB
LL 32 Hospitals    
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LL 31 Air cleaning    
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LL 30 Use of vegetation to clean indoor air    
 
LL 29 Design for fire/smoke movement    
 
LL 28 Crawlspaces    
 
LL 27 Kitchen ventilation    
 
LL 26 Effects of outdoor air pollution on indoor air    
 
LL 25 Passive solar design    
 
LL 24 Passive cooling    
 
LL 23 Sustainability    
 
LL 22 Moisture and condensation    
 
LL 21 Displacement ventilation    
 
LL 20 Computational fluid dynamics    
 
LL 19 Location of exhausts and inlets    
 
LL 18 Control of cross contamination from smokers    
 
LL 17 Flow through large openings    
 
LL 16 Sick buildings    
 
LL 15 Identification of air leakage paths    
 
LL 14 Roofs and attics    
 
LL 13 Air infiltration measurement techniques    
 
LL 12 Windbreaks and shelterbreaks    
 
LL 11 Occupancy effects on air infiltration    
 
LL 10 Carbon dioxide controlled ventilation    
 
LL 09 Air infiltration in public buildings    
 
LL 08 Air infiltration in commercial buildings    
 
LL 07 Air flow through building entrances    
 
LL 06 Air infiltration in industrial buildings    
 
LL 05 Domestic air to air heat exchangers    
 
LL 04 Caulks and sealants    
 
LL 03 Weatherstripping windows and doors    
 
LL 02 Pressurisation - infiltration correlation: 2. Measurements    
 
LL 01 Pressurisation - infiltration correlation: 1 Models    
 

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Contributed Reports

CR 11 Air Leakage of U.S. Homes: Model Prediction New publication 2008
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CR 10 Ventilation Behavior and Household Characteristics in New California Houses New publication 2008
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CR 09 Source Book for Residential Hybrid Ventilation Development    2007
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CR 08 Occupant behaviour and attitudes with respect to ventilation of dwellings    2007
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CR 07 State-of-the-art of low-energy residential ventilation    2007
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CR 06 Low-pressure-drop HVAC design for laboratories    2007
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CR 05 Considerations concerning costs and benefits with application to ventilation    2007
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CR 04 Contrasting the capabilities of building energy performance simulation programs 2006
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CR 03 Ventilated Double Skin Façades: Classification & illustration of façade concepts 2005
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CR 02 Flow-Generated Noise in Ventilation Systems 2005
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CR 01 Aerodynamic Noise of Fans 2005
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