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

Contributed Report 22: Quantifying population harm from indoor air contaminants in dwellings

The 46^th 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 14^th TightVent Conference and the 12^th venticool Conference.

We are pleased to announce the release of two new AIVC publications:

We’re happy to announce that the recordings and presentation slides from our recent webinar, “Inspection of ventilation systems in non-residential buildings” held on June 5, 2025), are now available on our website.

Featured Presentations:

We are pleased to announce the release of AIVC Technical Note #74: Smart Ventilation in Residential Buildings—a comprehensive review aimed at summarizing the available evidence on the benefits of implementing smart ventilation solutions in homes.

This publication focuses on ventilation strategies and their effectiveness, which consists of IAQ benefits, non-IAQ benefits (such as thermal comfort and noise), minimizing energy consumption and minimizing utility bills, and other advantages related to indoor environmental quality (IEQ).

We are pleased to announce the release of a 2-page summary of the 2025 AIVC-Fraunhofer IBP Workshop, held in Stuttgart, Germany on April 1–2, 2025.

The workshop brought together researchers, engineers and international experts to share insights on a range of critical topics, including:

The 28^th issue of the TightVent newsletter is now available!

Specific contents include:

Join us in Madrid for the AIVC 2026 International Workshop on “Climate Change, Ventilation and Resilience”.

• Dates: April 21–22, 2026
• Location: Madrid, Spain

This international event is organised by the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) in collaboration with the Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Science (CSIC), and facilitated by INIVE (International Network for Information on Ventilation and Energy Performance).

The AIVC is happy to announce the release of a new addition to the AIVC Ventilation Information Paper (VIP) series dealing with trends in building ventilation requirements and inspection in various countries. 

Ventilation Information Paper #48.4: Trends in building ventilation requirements and inspection in Italy is now available to download.

Previously released papers include:

In light of recent developments, AIVC has officially transitioned from Twitter to Bluesky.

Going forward, all updates—including news, publications, and event announcements—will be shared exclusively on our Bluesky account.

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