The 13th issue of the TightVent newsletter is now available for download.

Contents include:

The International Energy Agency's Energy in Buildings and Communities (IEA-EBC) Programme newsletter of November 2017 (Issue 66) has been released. The current edition includes an introduction of Canadian policies and movements, also with updates on EBC’s major R&D projects that cover ways to realise both better indoor air quality and higher energy efficiency, reconsideration of thermal comfort by using energy more wisely, and analysis of real energy use and relevant factors by using big data.

The evaluation questionnaire of the 38th AIVC conference: “Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings” held in Nottingham-UK on September 13-14, 2017, was sent out to 170 attendees of the event. A summary of the results with feedback from 90 of the participants is now available here.

The “ASHRAE HVAC Duct Sizer” application designed by Carmel Software Corporation for ASHRAE, allows the user to quickly size one HVAC duct run or a range of duct sizes using the constant friction method.

In the "Size by Airflow" mode, the user can specify the total airflow in CFM (or L/s), the aspect ratio and one of either the velocity of air or the friction loss per 100 feet (30 meters). The results include both the exact and rounded height and width (or diameter) dimensions and the calculated velocity and friction loss.

The 39th AIVC conference will be held on 18 and 19 September 2018 in Juan-les-Pins, France.

It will also be the 7th TightVent conference and the 5th venticool conference.

More information will follow soon.

The final programme for the 38th AIVC - 6th TightVent - 4th venticool conference: "Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings" has been released.

The September issue of the AIVC newsletter has just been released.

Contents include:

The AIVC is very pleased to announce the release of four new publications!

• Contributed report 17: In the search of indices to evaluate the Indoor Air Quality of low-energy residential buildings

A report developed by Subtask 1 (ST1) of the IEA-EBC annex 68, summarising the approaches, developments and results achieved in this subtask.

The preliminary programme for the workshop "Ventilative cooling in buildings: now & in the future" to be held on Monday October 23, 2017 at the BBRI offices (Boulevard Poincaré 79, 1060) in Brussels, Belgium is now available.

The event will discuss the outcomes of IEA-EBC Annex 62 “ventilative cooling” as well as future challenges and possibilities for international collaboration.

The keynote speakers, topical sessions and list of accepted papers for the 38th AIVC - 6th TightVent - 4th venticool conference: "Ventilating healthy low-energy buildings" have been announced. The joint conference, co-organized by the International Network on Ventilation and Energy Performance (INIVE), on behalf of the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC), TightVent Europe (the Building and Ductwork Airtightness Platform) and venticool (the international platform for ventilative cooling, Brunel University London, the University of Nottingham & CIBSE, takes place Sept.