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Best Paper & poster awards were presented during the closing session of the 45^th AIVC - ASHRAE IEQ, held jointly with the 13^th TightVent and 11^th venticool conferences in Montreal, Canada, on 24–26 September 2025.

Best paper award:

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new AIVC TN68 landing page!

The page presents the key findings from AIVC Technical Note 68 "Residential Ventilation and Health" and provides access to technical summaries, expert analysis, video briefings, and podcast discussions. These essential resources are designed to support building professionals, researchers, and policymakers in understanding the links between ventilation, indoor air quality (IAQ), and health.

The September 2025 issue of the AIVC newsletter has just been released. Specific contents include:

We’re happy to announce that the recordings and presentation slides from our recent webinar, “Emerging Risks of Indoor Mould: Assessment Methods, In-Situ Measurements & Predictive Modelling” held on September 18, 2025, are now available on our website.

Featured Presentations:

The AIVC is pleased to invite you to its upcoming webinar:

“Comparing Ventilation Trends in Southern Europe: Italy, France & Spain”
Date: October 10, 2025
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 CET

Featured Speakers

• Aldo Fumi (ASSOCLIMA, Italy)
• Luca Alberto Piterà (AiCARR, Italy)
• Valérie Leprince (Cerema, France)
• Pilar Linares-Alemparte (IETcc-CSIC, Spain)

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.

We are happy to announce the release of a new AIVC publication:

Annotated Bibliography 14: Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality – Overview of the AIVC 2024 Conference sessions

The AIVC is pleased to invite you to its upcoming webinar: “Emerging Risks of Indoor Mould: Assessment Methods, In-Situ Measurements & Predictive Modelling”, scheduled for September 18, 2025, from 15:30 to 17:00 CET.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.

View the agenda and register here.

The Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) is pleased to announce its upcoming international workshop, taking place on April 21–22, 2026, in Madrid, Spain, under the theme “Climate Change, Ventilation and Resilience.”

The workshop will provide an opportunity for Spanish researchers and professionals, as well as international experts, to present and discuss recent advances in relation to the challenges that climate change imposes on buildings, related to indoor environmental quality, ventilation, human health and sustainability.

The 26^th issue of the venticool newsletter is now available!

Specific contents include:

The full collection of abstracts presented at the 14^th International BUILDAIR Symposium is now available on AIRBASE. The symposium, held on May 16–17, 2025 in Hannover, Germany, brought together experts and practitioners to discuss the latest developments in airtight buildings, thermography and ventilation systems.