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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The means for keeping the indoor relative humidity (RH) and pollutant concentration below a threshold level of interests are necessary…
New types of low-cost sensors have the potential to replace existing sensor networks in buildings, which have high cost and low…
The fan pressurization method that is widely used to measure the airtightness of buildings is known to have quite large measurement…
Sleep is essential for multiple aspects of a person’s well-being and can be affected by a person’s physical and mental state in addition…
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) is in Boulder, Colorado USA at 5280 feet above sea level. The campus has approximately 12…
Worldwide concern has been focused on the airborne disease of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigated the effect of the limited…
In the current era, sensors in buildings have become an essential requirement for wide applications such as monitoring indoor air quality…
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is influenced by several parameters and the sources of indoor air pollutants are numerous (building materials,…
Many recent studies have been reported that the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) can spread through an airborne transmission route.…
Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) inactivates viral aerosols in indoor environments. Upper room UVGI systems use wall or ceiling…
Powerhouse Telemark is a low carbon plus energy project in Porsgrunn, Norway. The building is currently in a commissioning phase, but…
Our planet is rapidly urbanizing, leading to significant biodiversity loss. In architecture and urban planning, public and private…
Air leakage in a rotary heat recovery device in air handling unit (AHU) was studied by a laboratory experiment. The experiment…
Trends in home heating and cooling in the US are resulting in less mixing of air within dwellings, either due to not using central forced…
Overheating has become a recurring problem in airtight and highly insulated buildings even in moderate climates. This study aims to…
The ongoing covid-19 pandemic has drawn the attention on the importance of providing adequate fresh air to the occupants of the built…
Nowadays, many countries include requirements for building airtightness in their current national regulations or energy-efficiency…
Indoor air quality (IAQ) plays an intrinsic role in occupant comfort, and should be evaluated as a key building performance indicator of…
In order to reduce the primary energy consumption of buildings, highly efficient heat recovery of the HVAC system is indispensable. A…
Industrial kitchens have high HVAC load requirements due to high exhaust rates from hoods. Especially in cold climates to heat the …