The AIVC is very pleased to welcome China as new participating country! China will be represented in the AIVC board by Guoqiang Zhang, Dean of Institute of Sustainable Urbanization and Construction Innovation, Hunan University and Weijun Chen from Hunan Shinilion Energy Saving Sci. and Tech. Corp. Ltd.

The AIVC at present counts 14 countries composing the AIVC Board demonstrating the growing interest on air infiltration and ventilation issues in new and renovated buildings.

The abstract submission deadline for the 39th AIVC - 7th TightVent - 5th venticool joint conference "Smart ventilation for buildings" to be held on 18 and 19 September 2018 in Antibes Juan-Les-Pins, France, has been extended to 20 March, 2018.

Most of the topical sessions are now known. The provisional list of topical sessions is as follows:

The AIVC is organising the webinar: "IAQ sensors for smart ventilation of buildings" to be held on Tuesday 6 March 2018, 15:00-16:30 (Brussels time, CET).

The objective of this AIVC webinar is:

• to show an overview of the available low cost sensors for indoor air measurements (particulates, VOCs, CO2);
• to present results of two recent laboratory and on site evaluations of some sensors;
• to assess their applicability to ventilation system control.

Presentations and speakers:

Mark your calendars for the upcoming webinar on IAQ sensors for smart ventilation of buildings on 6 March 2018 at 15:00-16:30 (CET).

Presentations and speakers include:

• Evaluating particulate sensors for IAQ controls, Iain Walker (LBNL, USA)
• Assessment of particulates and VOCs low-cost sensors, Laure Mouradian (CETIAT, France)

Registration will open soon so stay tuned!

The recordings and the slides of our recent webinar: “Ductwork airtightness: Standardisation’s on- going work and an overview of status and trends in Sweden, Japan, Spain and Portugal” organised in cooperation with TightVent Europe and the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre, are now available online here. Check them out!