AIVC

The February 2026 edition of the REHVA Journal has been released, featuring the theme "Rising to New Challenges: Connecting IEQ to a Sustainable Future".

The issue includes, among other articles, selected contributions from the 45th AIVC conference and ASHRAE 2025 IEQ conference held on September 24-26, 2025, in Montreal, Canada together with the 13th TightVent and the 11th venticool conferences.

Featured articles include:

We are pleased to announce that the programme for the AIVC 2026 workshop "Climate change, ventilation, and resilience" is now available. The event will take place on 21–22 April 2026 in Madrid.

The workshop will bring together researchers, professionals, and international experts to present and discuss recent advances addressing climate change challenges related to indoor environmental quality (IEQ), ventilation, human health, and sustainability.

As a follow-up regarding submissions for the AIVC–TightVent–Venticool 2026 Conference, “Innovations in Smart Ventilation and Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) for Resilient and Adaptive Buildings,” to be held on September 30 and October 1, 2026, in Incheon, Republic of Korea, we would like to remind authors of the following submission deadline.

Submission deadline:

We are pleased to announce that the abstract and topical session submission deadlines for the AIVC–TightVent–Venticool 2026 Conference, “Innovations in Smart Ventilation and Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) for Resilient and Adaptive Buildings,” to be held on September 30 and October 1, 2026, in Incheon, Republic of Korea, have been extended.

The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) Construction Research Centre organized a private facility tour in Ottawa for ten AIVC board members on September 27, 2025, following the 45th AIVC - ASHRAE IEQ joint conference in Montreal. Visiting board members from Belgium, France, Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Spain, and the United States were welcomed by NRC hosts, including two AIVC board members.

We are pleased to announce that the video recordings and presentation slides from our recent webinar, “Improving Indoor Air Quality in Schools” (held on 4 December 2025), are now available on our website.

Webinar presentations included:

We are happy to share that the video recordings and presentation slides from our recent webinar, “From Inspections to IAQ Measurement: Exploring Databases for Better Indoor Environments”, held on November 25, 2025, are now accessible on our website.

Presentation Highlights:

The Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) will host a webinar on 4 December 2025 (15:00–16:30 CET) dedicated to improving indoor air quality in school environments.

The event will feature presentations by:

• James A. McGrath – Maynooth University, Ireland
• Grace Zhou – National Research Council, Canada
• Henry Burridge – Imperial College London, United Kingdom
• Arno Dentel – Technische Hochschule Nürnberg, Germany

Attendance is free of charge, but advance registration is required.

We are pleased to announce that the AIVC -TightVent - venticool 2026 Conference: “Innovations in Smart Ventilation and IEQ for Resilient and Adaptive Buildings” is now accepting abstracts & proposals for topical sessions. The Conference will be held on September 30 & October 1, 2026 and will take place at the Songdo International District in Incheon, Republic of Korea.

The AIVC is pleased to invite you to its upcoming webinar: “From Inspections to IAQ Measurement: Exploring Databases for Better Indoor Environments”

• Date: 25 November, 2025
• Time: 10:00 – 11:30 CET

Featured Speakers

• Antoine Mischler (dooApp, France)
• Maarten De Strycker (BCCA, Belgium)
• Henry Burridge (Imperial College London, UK)

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.