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The conference "IAQ 2020: Indoor Environmental Quality Performance Approaches Transitioning from IAQ to IEQ”, organized by ASHRAE and AIVC, was held in Athens, Greece on 4-6 May 2022. The conference was also the 41st AIVC - 9th TightVent & 7th venticool conference. This collection contains 110 conference papers and 16 extended abstracts.

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Fan-assisted trench heating in extreme outdoor temperatures

Comfortable heating of rooms with large areas of external glazing is one of the most challenging issues in cold climate zones. The rule…

Olga Yakimchuk
Performance Analysis of the Maximal Used Extract Ventilation Capacity of Dwellings During the Heating Season

The design heat load of buildings is composed of maximal heat losses via ventilation, infiltration and transmission. Ventilation control…

Ivan Pollet, Steven Delrue, Stijn Germonpré, Frederik Losfeld, Jelle Laverge
Numerical Evaluations of a Multiple 3D Particle Tracking Velocimetry System for Indoor Air Flow Study

High-quality data obtained from three-dimensional Particle Tracking Velocimetry (3D PTV) is pivotal for indoor environment engineering…

M. Nedaei, K. Kant, P. H. Biwole, E. Deckneuvel, Gilles Jacquemod, F. Pennec, F. Labesse-Jied
Effect of Design Parameters on Indoor Temperature Distribution in Impinging Jet Ventilated Room

In many countries, the mixing ventilation system (hereinafter referred to as MV) is the most common and widely used system in office…

Haruna Yamasawa, Tomohiro Kobayashi, Toshio Yamanaka, Narae Choi, Mako Matsuzaki
Applying NABERS IE to a University Building in the UK

It is no longer sustainable to look at the performance of buildings in isolation of people that use them. This paper examines what is…

Paul Ajiboye, Vyt Garnys, Glyn Cash
Applicability of a CO2-based Demand Controlled Energy Recovery Ventilator to a Test Bedroom with Varying Simulated Occupancy

Indoor air quality is a major area of concern in northern housing and could be influenced by ventilation. The required ventilation rate…

Boualem Ouazia, Chantal Arsenault, Mark Vuotari, Gang Nong, Daniel Sanders
Modeling Contaminant Transport from Garage to Living Space in Residential Buildings Based on Single Tracer Gas Decay Measurements

Attached garages can pose a threat to a home’s indoor air quality because the garage air, which often contains some contaminants such as…

Yigang Sun, Paul W. Francisco, Zachary M. Merrin
Analysis and Optimisation of Building Efficiencies through Data Analytics and Machine Learning

Productivity of workers is greatly affected by their comfort in the workplace. Research has shown that thermal comfort is one of the most…

Ryan Grammenos, Konstantinos Karagiannis, Manuel Escalante Ruiz
Evaluation of Indoor Environment Subjective Perception in Large Office Building

Office buildings are significant contributors to energy consumption and greenhouse emissions, and it is obvious that office building…

Zuzana Veverkova, Karel Kabele
A Practical Comparison of Capture Efficiencies of Cooker/Range Hood under Real Conditions and by Applying the ASTM Standard—An Experimental Assessment

The purpose of this study is to compare capture efficiencies of cooker/range hood (CEs) under various conditions to verify that there can…

Hyusan Jang, Seongjun Park, Shinhye Lee, Hyunsoo Kim, Seungkil Son, Dong Hwa Kang, Donghyun Rim, Myoung Souk Yeo
Using Adjacent Unit Pressures to Compute Exterior Leakage from Compartmentalization Tests

In the United States, compartmentalization measurement of individual unit total leakage is the most common method of air leakage testing…

David Bohac,, Collin Olson, Gary Nelson, Bob Davis
A Programmable Image Sensor for Smart Daylighting and Glare Control in Buildings

In this study, a new programmable low-cost camera sensor equipped with a fisheye lens is used to detect the luminance and position of…

Michael Kim, Iason Konstantzos, Athanasios Tzempelikos
Assessing Overall Indoor Environmental Comfort and Satisfaction: Evaluation of a Questionnaire Proposal by Means of Statistical Analysis of Responses

Considering all aspects of indoor environmental comfort (thermal, visual, acoustical and air quality) and their interactions,…

Federrica Morandi, Ilaria Pittana, Francesca Cappelletti, Andrea Gasparella, Athanasios Tzempelikos
IEA EBC Annex 68—Ambitions and Achievements in Hindsight

The overall objective of the IEA EBC Annex 68” Project, “Indoor Air Quality Design and Control in Low Energy Residential Buildings”, has…

Carsten Rode, Marc Abadie, Pawel Wargocki, Menghao Qin, John Grunewald, Jianshun Zhang, Jakub Kolarik, Jelle Laverge, Fitsum Tariku
Defining Health: Update From ASHRAE SGPC10 Committee, Interactions Affecting The Achievement Of Acceptable Indoor Environments

Healthy Buildings has become the marketing focus, if not the goal, for an increasing number of projects and organizations in the past…

Carl Grimes, Mark Jackson, Frederick Marks
The Effects of Diffuser Location on Thermal Comfort in Hospital Recovery Rooms

It is evident from the existing research that poor thermal comfort can adversely affect the health and productivity of the occupants. The…

Ryan Sharston, Manan Singh
Impact of Building Airtightness on Heat Generator and Heat Emission Equipment Sizing

Cracks in building fabric lead to air infiltration due to wind and buoyancy driven forces. In the heating season, the cold air entering…

Sébastien Pecceu, Paul Van den Bossche
Impacts of the Indoor Environment in Our Homes and Schools on Child Health

Today, more than 26 million European children are living in unhealthy homes putting them at higher risk of experiencing health problems.…

Daniel Gehrt, Sune Tobias Grollov, Marco Hafner, Jens Christoffersen
Improved Thermal Comfort in Cabin Aircraft with in-seat Microclimate Conditioning Module

Climate control of cabin aircraft is traditionally conditioned as a single unit by the environmental control system. Cabin temperature is…

Mathieu Le Cam, Tejaswinee Darure, Mateusz Pawlucki
Analysis of Potential Impacts of Policy Options for Inspections of Stand-alone Ventilation Systems in EU Dwellings

Various field studies have shown that in a vast majority of European countries the quality of installed residential ventilation systems…

Arnold Janssens, Yanaika Decorte, Francois Durier, Peter Wouters
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