New AIVC website on-line!

We are pleased to present you the new AIVC website. Since 2001, the AIVC website had the same look and feel and we thought it was time for a fundamental change. We hope that this new website will please you.

In addition to the new look and feel, some of the major changes are:

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Submit your abstracts for the AIVC 2026 Conference!

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.

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AIVC Board Visits NRC’s Building Science Facilities in Ottawa

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.

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Improving Indoor Air Quality in Schools

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:

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From Inspections to IAQ Measurement – Recordings Now Available

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:

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From Inspections to IAQ Measurement: Exploring Databases for Better Indoor Environments

Presentations & Speakers

  • French National Ventilation Observatory (ONV), Antoine Mischler (dooApp, France)
  • Belgian Ventilation Inspection Database, Maarten De Strycker (BCCA, Belgium)
  • SAMHE Database - IAQ in UK schools, Henry Burridge (Imperial College London, UK)

​More information on this event, including the slides of the presentations, can be found here.

TightVent newsletter issue #29 – November 2025

The 29th issue of the TightVent newsletter is now available!

Specific contents include:

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TightVent Newsletter November 2025

Contents

  • Foreword
  • 30 September – 1 October 2026, AIVC – TightVent – venticool joint Conference, Incheon, Republic of Korea – Call for Abstracts & Topical Sessions!
  • Building Airtightness Durability: Durabilit’air 2 – Summary of the session at the Montreal conference
  • TAAC Meeting Highlights – September 2025
  • Upcoming webinar November 25: “From Inspections to IAQ Measurement: Exploring Databases for Better Indoor Environments
  • Product news

4 December 2025, AIVC Webinar: “Improving IAQ in Schools”

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.

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