The 41^st AIVC & ASHRAE IAQ joint Conference “IAQ 2020: Indoor Environmental Quality Performance Approaches Transitioning from IAQ to IEQ” will be held from the 14^th to the 16^th of September 2020 in Athens, Greece together with the 9^th TightVent and the 7^th venticool conferences. Abstract submission is now open and due December 9, 2019.

Conference topics include: 

The latest issue of the International Energy Agency's Energy in Buildings and Communities (IEA-EBC) Programme newsletter has been released. The June 2019 edition features articles on: Building Energy Futures for Belgium; A New EBC Strategy to Tackle a Growing Challenge; LowEx Communities - Optimised Performance of Energy Supply Systems with Exergy Principles; Energy Flexible Buildings; HVAC Energy Calculations in Building Codes; and New EBC International Projects.

Registration is still open for the 40^th AIVC conference: “From Energy crisis to sustainable indoor climate – 40 years of AIVC" to be held on October 15-16, 2019 in Ghent, Belgium together with the 8^th TightVent and the 6^th venticool conferences.

More than 100 papers have been accepted for presentation at the conference.

In addition, the following topical sessions are confirmed (more information is available on the website):

The symposium "Activities of IEA TCP on Energy in Buildings and Communities (EBC TCP)", organised by Dutch Flemish Buildings Physics Association (NVBV) and the Belgian Building Research Institute (WTCB-CSTC-BBRI), took place on the 11^th of June 2019 in Brussels, Belgium from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. . During this event activities of various Technical Collaboration Programmes (TCP) of the International Energy Agency were presented with a focus on the energy reduction in the built environment and the reduction of CO₂- emissions.

The fourteenth issue of the venticool newsletter (June, 2019) has just been released. Specific contents include:

The annual report of 2018 of the International Energy Agency’s Energy in Buildings and Communities (IEA-EBC) Programme has just been released. This report presents an overview of progress made by the EBC Programme, including summaries of new, ongoing and recently completed projects. More specifically, contents include:

AIVC organized the webinar “New Perspectives on Kitchen Ventilation” held on Thursday 23 May 2019 at 16:00-17:30 (CET). The  webinar discussed kitchen venting, including measurements of contaminants that are emitted from cooking, discussions of kitchen exhaust ventilation system performance and guidance on best practices for kitchen ventilation.

Presentations & Speakers included:

The 16^th issue of the TightVent newsletter is now available! Specific contents include:

The recordings and the slides of our recent webinar: “Ductwork airtightness measurements: protocols” held on 25 April 2019 and organised in cooperation with TightVent Europe and the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre, are now available online here. 

The Proceedings of the 39^th AIVC - 7^th TightVent & 5^th venticool Conference "Smart Ventilation for Buildings", held in Antibes Juan-Les-Pins, France on 18-19 September, 2018 are now available for download.

Please click HERE to access the event's papers, slides and Book of Proceedings.