The 29^th issue of the TightVent newsletter is now available!

Specific contents include:

The Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC) will host a webinar on 4 December 2025 (15:00–16:30 CET) dedicated to improving indoor air quality in school environments.

The event will feature presentations by:

• James A. McGrath – Maynooth University, Ireland
• Grace Zhou – National Research Council, Canada
• Henry Burridge – Imperial College London, United Kingdom
• Arno Dentel – Technische Hochschule Nürnberg, Germany

Attendance is free of charge, but advance registration is required.

We are pleased to announce that the AIVC -TightVent - venticool 2026 Conference: “Innovations in Smart Ventilation and IEQ for Resilient and Adaptive Buildings” is now accepting abstracts & proposals for topical sessions. The Conference will be held on September 30 & October 1, 2026 and will take place at the Songdo International District in Incheon, Republic of Korea.

The AIVC is pleased to invite you to its upcoming webinar: “From Inspections to IAQ Measurement: Exploring Databases for Better Indoor Environments”

• Date: 25 November, 2025
• Time: 10:00 – 11:30 CET

Featured Speakers

• Antoine Mischler (dooApp, France)
• Maarten De Strycker (BCCA, Belgium)
• Henry Burridge (Imperial College London, UK)

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.

We’re pleased to announce that the recordings and presentation slides from our recent webinar, “Comparing Ventilation Trends in Southern Europe” (held on October 10, 2025), are now available on our website.

Featured Presentations:

• Italy – Trends in Building Ventilation Requirements and Inspection

Speakers: Aldo Fumi (ASSOCLIMA) & Luca Alberto Piterà (AiCARR)

• France – Trends in Building Ventilation Requirements and Inspection

Speaker: Valérie Leprince (Cerema)

Best Paper & poster awards were presented during the closing session of the 45^th AIVC - ASHRAE IEQ, held jointly with the 13^th TightVent and 11^th venticool conferences in Montreal, Canada, on 24–26 September 2025.

Best paper award:

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new AIVC TN68 landing page!

The page presents the key findings from AIVC Technical Note 68 "Residential Ventilation and Health" and provides access to technical summaries, expert analysis, video briefings, and podcast discussions. These essential resources are designed to support building professionals, researchers, and policymakers in understanding the links between ventilation, indoor air quality (IAQ), and health.

The September 2025 issue of the AIVC newsletter has just been released. Specific contents include: