ventilation

The AIVC is pleased to announce that the slides from the recent international workshop “Indoor Environmental Quality in Sustainable Buildings” are now available online.

The workshop took place on 1–2 April 2025 in Stuttgart, Germany, and brought together German and international researchers, engineers, and experts to exchange knowledge and share recent developments on indoor environmental quality (IEQ), ventilation, health, and sustainability in buildings.

On March 21, 2025, the EDIAQI and LEARN projects co-hosted a webinar titled "Don't Hold Your Breath: Implementing Effective Ventilation Strategies for Healthy Indoor Spaces."

We’re pleased to announce that the recordings of the AIVC webinar, “Recent Standards and Guidelines on CO₂ Application and Interpretation”, held on March 17, 2025, are now available on our website!

Featured Presentations:

Background on Indoor CO₂ Application – ASHRAE Position Document & ASTM Standard D6245
Andrew Persily (NIST, USA)

Demand-Controlled Ventilation – ISO 17772-1 (EN 16798-1) & ASHRAE Standard 62.1
Bjarne Olesen (DTU, Denmark)

Mark your calendars for the upcoming AIVC 2025 International Workshop "Indoor Environmental Quality in Sustainable Buildings" to be held on April 1 & 2, 2025  in Stuttgart, Germany!

The workshop is organised by Fraunhofer IBP together with the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) and facilitated by INIVE (International Network for Information on Ventilation and Energy Performance).

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.

The AIVC 2024 workshop “Ventilation, IEQ & Sustainability" organised in collaboration with ASHRAE Singapore Chapter was held on 18-19 April 2024 in Singapore. Participation was possible in person and the event drew over 160 participants - researchers, engineers & architects and industry representatives. The programme included 21 presentations grouped into 3 sessions: “Optimising Indoor Air Quality for Climate Resilience”, “Reducing Carbon Footprints: The Role of Energy efficient Ventilation Technologies” & “Smart Building Automation for Climate-Adaptive Ventilation”.

We are happy to announce that the book of proceedings, PowerPoint presentations and individual papers from the AIVC 2023 conference "Ventilation, IEQ and health in sustainable buildings" held on 4-5 October 2023, in Copenhagen, Denmark are now available to download freely.

The AIVC is inviting you to register for the upcoming webinar "New standards, guidelines or regulations for ventilation due to COVID-19" to be held on February 12^th, 2024 (15:00 - 16:30 CET). Participation is free for all, but prior registration is required.

For further information on the detailed agenda, registration etc. please follow this link.

We are pleased to announce that the AIVC 2024 Conference “Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality" is now accepting abstracts & proposals for topical sessions. The Conference will be held on October 9-10, 2024, at Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland. It will be a joint event combined with the 12th TightVent and the 10th venticool conferences.