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QUALICHeCK, a new EU IEE co-funded project under the 2013 call for proposals, started on 1 March 2014, announces the launch of its website. 

QUALICHeCK aims at determining best cases and tackling bottlenecks to increase the reliability of Energy Performance Certification input data, to influence quality of construction and to support compliance with building Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy regulations, in the transition phase towards Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings.

Ventilative cooling is the use of natural or mechanical ventilation strategies to cool indoor spaces. It can significantly reduce the cooling energy demand in summer or mid-season conditions. Therefore, ventilative cooling is increasingly common in NZEBs.

This BUILD UP Web Seminar addressed the following:

After its successful preparation phase, the IEA EBC Annex 62 entered in January 2014 its four year working phase (2014-2017). The first meeting of the working phase was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, with 32 representatives from research institutes and private industries from 15 countries.

Ventilative cooling is the use of natural or mechanical ventilation strategies to cool indoor spaces. It can significantly reduce the cooling energy demand in summer or mid-season conditions. Therefore, ventilative cooling is increasingly common in NZEBs.

This BUILD UP Web Seminar will address the following:

The 1st Expert meeting of the IEA EBC Annex 62- Ventilative Cooling will be held from Wednesday April 23 to Thursday April 24, 2014 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

IEA EBC Annex 62 has now entered the working phase with as first focus the preparation of the first Annex deliverable, the State of the Art report. At the 1st expert meeting, the first draft will be discussed with the intention to have the final version ready before the second expert meeting in September 2014. In parallel,  research work on the subtasks according to the work plan will be initiated.

AIVC aims to play a central role in the ventilation and infiltration community with respect to the dissemination of information, either with its conferences or workshops, or with the material available on its website.  The annual conferences continue to be greatly appreciated: 96 % of a sample of 76 conference attendees rated the 34th conference as excellent or satisfactory, 91% would recommend it to others. As you will see in this newsletter, we are working to uphold this quality for our future events.

An overview of the TightVent - AIVC webinars held in 2012-2013 on building and ductwork airtightness is now available for download here.

The just published by JRC report on 'Harmonisation framework for health-based evaluation of indoor emissions from construction products in the European Union based on the Lowest Concentration of Interest approach (EU-LCI)' (ECA report 29) is now available here!

The edited proceedings of the AIVC -TightVent International Workshop: "Securing the quality of ventilation systems in residential buildings: existing approaches in various countries" held in Brussels, 18-19 March, 2013 are now available for download. Click here to download the document!