Submitted by Maria.Kapsalaki on Fri, 03/01/2024 - 12:14
Occupants use windows to control their thermal comfort and indoor air quality (IAQ). However, occupants often have to make a compromise between thermal, acoustic and visual comfort, IAQ and energy use for space conditioning. Moreover, they are not only looking for good indoor environmental quality, but also for their needs for security and privacy.
Submitted by Maria.Kapsalaki on Fri, 03/01/2024 - 12:03
Ventilative cooling emerges to be a key element in the strategy to meet the cooling demand in buildings while cutting the CO2 emissions. Ventilative cooling also enhances thermal comfort and mitigates heat stress in buildings. Despite these benefits, the practical adoption of ventilative cooling remains limited among designers. There is still a need for design guidelines and assessment methods in standard weather conditions, extreme scenarios (such as heat waves) and urban environments.
Submitted by Maria.Kapsalaki on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 15:58
The current development in building energy efficiency towards nZEB buildings represents a number of new challenges to design and construction. One of these major challenges is the increased need for cooling in these highly insulated and airtight buildings, which is not only present in the summer period but also in the shoulder seasons and in offices even in midwinter. Resilient ventilative cooling can be an energy efficient solution to address this cooling challenge in buildings.
Submitted by Maria.Kapsalaki on Wed, 05/13/2026 - 09:57
This document provides practitioners with an overview of the current status of national building codes regarding indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and energy performance, with a focus on how they address overheating and ventilative cooling in buildings. The review focuses primarily on building codes applicable to new buildings in cold and moderate climates, where regulations have traditionally prioritized heating performance.
Submitted by Maria.Kapsalaki on Mon, 08/25/2025 - 10:38
On 9-10 October 2024, the AIVC – TightVent - venticool 2024 joint Conference "Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality", was organised by the International Network on Ventilation and Energy Performance (INIVE) on behalf of the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC), the Building and Ductwork Airtightness Platform (TightVent Europe) and the international platform for
The 46th AIVC conference "Innovations in Smart Ventilation and IEQ for Resilient and Adaptive Buildings" will take place on September 30 & October 1, 2026 at the Songdo International District in Incheon, Republic of Korea. This international event will be held jointly with the 14th TightVent Conference and the 12th venticool Conference.
Submitted by Maria.Kapsalaki on Tue, 01/14/2025 - 14:21
The Book of Proceedings of the 44th AIVC - 12th TightVent - 10th venticool Conference "Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality", held in Dublin, Ireland on 9-10 October 2024.
Submitted by Maria.Kapsalaki on Tue, 01/14/2025 - 12:37
The Presentations the 44th AIVC - 12th TightVent - 10th venticool Conference "Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality", held in Dublin, Ireland on 9-10 October 2024.
Submitted by Maria.Kapsalaki on Mon, 01/13/2025 - 10:09
Ensuring an indoor environmental quality that is acceptable to the majority of users, while also being energy efficient is a challenge. In addition, both user demands and the climate change are making it even more difficult to ensure good indoor environmental quality. One of the solutions to combat climate change is free cooling systems, such as ventilative cooling.
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