AIVC Projects

Since 2011, AIVC activities have been structured around projects, integrating activites and products such as publications, webinars, workshops etc. Click on the related contents below to know more about AIVC’s projects.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2023-today
Status:
On-going

Epidemic and disaster preparedness of buildings and systems is a key area of concern.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2023-today
Status:
On-going

Airtightness of exterior walls in buildings has a great impact on indoor environment, energy consumption and overall building performance.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2022-today
Status:
On-going

In 2008 a series of Ventilation Information Papers (VIP 17 to VIP 27) were pub

AIVC Project
Duration:
2022-today
Status:
On-going

In 2008 a series of Ventilation Information Papers (VIP 17 

AIVC Project
Duration:
2021-today
Status:
On-going

Personalised Environmental Control Systems (PECS) with the functions of heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, and acoustics has advantages of controlling the localized environment at occupant’s

AIVC Project
Duration:
2021-today
Status:
On-going

The energy recovery ventilators are tested according to ISO 16494 for static plate types (two different configurations of test apparatuses are included), ISO 21773 for rotary types or other relevan

AIVC Project
Duration:
2020-today
Status:
On-going

The European market for residential ventilation is highly driven by energy performance regulations.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2020-2023
Status:
Completed

The COVID-19 pandemic has an unprecedented impact on all of us, both personally and professionally.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2018-today
Status:
On-going

The international standards for indoor environmental quality (ISO17772-1 and EN16798-1)open up for a possible reduction in required ventilation if gas phase air cleaning is used.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2018-2022
Status:
Completed

This project deals with reviewing EBC's Annex 5: "Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre" activities & contributions on the occasion of the project's 40th year of operation. 

AIVC Project
Duration:
2017-today
Status:
On-going

There have been many new sensors introduced on the market claiming that they can perform accurate measurements of Indoor Air Quality.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2017-2021
Status:
Completed

Building airtightness tests have become very common in several countries, either to comply with minimum requirements of regulations or programmes, or to justify input values in calculation methods.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2017-2018
Status:
Completed

The trend to increasingly complex ventilation controls (particularly for residences) is leading to many new possibilities related to IAQ and energy optimization.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2016-2021
Status:
Completed

Internationally there are many different requirements and regulations for ventilation.  Sometimes the variation is more than a factor of five.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2016-2020
Status:
Completed

The European market for residential ventilation is highly driven by energy performance regulations.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2014-2021
Status:
Completed

The trend towards more nearly zero energy buildings and much more airtight buildings represents specific challenges for cooker hoods in residential buildings. 

AIVC Project
Duration:
2013-2014
Status:
Completed

There is a trend to perform more ventilation and air infiltration measurements in buildings, either to strengthen commissioning procedures or to learn from field data.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2012-today
Status:
On-going

An increasing number of countries (e.g.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2012-2016
Status:
Completed

There exist several initiatives in different parts of the world to bring a stronger basis to ventilation requirements in relation to indoor air quality and health issues, for example, at LBNL in th

AIVC Project
Duration:
2012-2013
Status:
Completed

The current development in building energy efficiency towards nearly-zero energy buildings represents a number of new challenges to building design and construction.

AIVC Project
Duration:
2012-2013
Status:
Completed

While it is generally accepted that ventilation-whether natural, mechanical or hybrid- is needed to provide acceptable indoor air quality and prevent building damage, there are debates about the ac

AIVC Project
Duration:
2011-2013
Status:
Completed

With the trend towards low-energy buildings, the importance and the interest for building air tightness is increasing.