AIVC 2024 Conference: Summary of the airtightness & ventilation systems’ inspection track

On 9-10 October 2024, the AIVC – TightVent - venticool 2024 joint Conference "Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality", was organised by the International Network on Ventilation and Energy Performance (INIVE) on behalf of the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC), the Building and Ductwork Airtightness Platform (TightVent Europe) and the international platform for ventilative cooling (

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AIVC 2024 Conference evaluation results

We are pleased to share the main findings from the evaluation questionnaire of the 44th AIVC conference “Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality.” The survey was sent to 170 attendees, with 89 participants completing the evaluation.

Key Outcomes:

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Upcoming December 2024 Webinars from AIVC & TightVent

The Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) and TightVent Europe are pleased to invite you to the upcoming webinars:

Building Airtightness Impact on Energy Performance (EP) Calculations (Completed)

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1-2 April 2025, Workshop, Stuttgart, "Indoor Environmental Quality in Sustainable Buildings"

The Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) together with Fraunhofer IBP in Germany organized a workshop entitled “Indoor Environmental Quality in Sustainable Buildings" to be held on 1-2 April 2025 in Stuttgart, Germany. 

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AIVC newsletter issue #26 – September 2024

The September 2024 issue of the AIVC newsletter has just been released. Specific contents include:

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AIVC Newsletter, September 2024

Contents

  • Foreword
  • 24‐26 September 2025 – 45th AIVC ‐ ASHRAE IEQ conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • 9 ‐ 10 October 2024 – 44th AIVC conference in Dublin, Ireland
  • 1‐2 April 2025 ‐ AIVC 2025, Workshop, Stuttgart
  • Revised EPBD with specific focus on IEQ and inspection of ventilation systems
  • 16‐17 May 2025 ‐ “14th International BUILDAIR Symposium” in Hannover, Germany"
  • AIVC's new publications
  • Feedback from AIVC Webinars
  • AIVC List of Board Members

VIP 49: Resilient Cooling of Buildings

AIVC's Ventilation Information Paper #49 discusses resilient cooling of buildings, as defined by IEA EBC Annex 80.  The VIP paper examines 4 groups of resilient cooling strategies while assessing their resilience performance to heat waves and power outages.

Energy & Buildings special issue: “Resilient Ventilation in Relation to Health, Safety, and Climate Change”

We are happy to inform you that the Energy and Buildings special issue: “Resilient Ventilation in Relation to Health, Safety, and Climate Change”, including also further developed papers from the AIVC 2022 conference, has been published.

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