Ventilative cooling—i.e., the use of natural or mechanical ventilation strategies to cool indoor spaces—can be very effective to reduce the cooling energy demand in buildings in summer or mid-season conditions. This webinar was part of a broader series focusing on ventilative cooling in energy performance, within the context of compliance with building regulations in several countries.

Ventilative cooling–i.e., the use of natural or mechanical ventilation strategies to cool indoor spaces –can be very effective to reduce the cooling energy demand in buildings in summer or mid-season conditions.

The QUALICHeCK-TightVent webinar: "Building airtightness and initiatives to improve the quality of the works" was held on Tuesday 12 January, 10:00-11:30 (Brussels time). The objective of this webinar was to give background information on selected initiatives to improve the quality of the works with respect to building airtightness.

Building airtightness is a critical factor for Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings and represents a key challenge for the building sector.

The objective of this webinar was to give background information on selected initiatives to improve the quality of the works with respect to building airtightness.

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The Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) 19th Annual Meeting programme will feature more than 40 sessions addressing:

The BUILD UP portal for energy efficient buildings is holding an online webstreamed event to mark the launch of the improved website.

The 2nd QUALICHeCK Workshop will take place in Athens, Greece, on 9-10 March 2016, and will focus on sustainable summer comfort technologies. Within the context of compliance and quality, topics to be covered include solar control, developments in cooling technologies and potential for advanced cooling, status on ventilative cooling, cool roofs and more.

Addressing the increased potential for cooling energy demand and associated risk of overheating in new and refurbished low energy buildings is becoming an important issue for the industry.