On June 26th, the Executive Committee of the IEA Energy in Buildings Technology Collaboration Platform (www.iea-ebc.org) approved the proposed collaboration project “Energy Efficient Smart IAQ Management for residential buildings" as IEA EBC annex 86. This annex will propose an integrated rating method for the performance assessment and optimization of energy efficient strategies of managing the indoor air quality (IAQ) in new and existing residential buildings.

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The International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ) is organizing the last part of the webinar series on the spread of COVID-19 and infectious diseases in indoor environments.

The  Panel Discussion "Spread of Infectious Diseases in Indoor Environments: A Way Forward" will be held on Tuesday, June 16th at 1:00-2:00 PM UTC.

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After careful consideration by the Steering Committee and from input by authors, ASHRAE and AIVC have decided to postpone the conference, which was initially scheduled for September 14-16, 2020 in Athens, Greece.

The IAQ 2020 conference is being postponed by one year to September 13-15, 2021 as a face-to-face conference in Athens, Greece.

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