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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Due to the negative effects of Particulate Matter exposure, more and more inexpensive optical aerosol spectrometers and photometers (low-…
Unintended Infiltration in buildings is responsible for a significant portion of the global housing stock energy demand. Today, the fan pressurization…
Building simulations are used to investigate building performance and design the building systems optimally. In particular, the air…
Indoor environment quality has been researched extensively, with many countries adopting regulations to ensure that building occupants…
Unintended airflow through building envelopes leads to an increased demand in heating and cooling energy. The most common way to measure…
The occupants’ satisfaction with the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of a building is a key factor to determine if the indoor climate…
This paper describes the ongoing development of a new tracer gas test (TGT) for total air change rates measurement. This new TGT,…
Recently, understanding thermal comfort management enabled the scientific community to broaden its research towards smart device set-ups…
Cooling in high ambient temperature (HAT) countries is a major energy consumer. In Kuwait, 70% of the electricity generated is consumed…
In future building regulations, building performance is going to be extended to global performance, including indoor air quality (IAQ).…
Most existing office buildings are equipped with indoor environmental quality (IEQ) sensors that are connected to the Building Management…
Improving actual operation performance of room air conditioners (RAC) shows great importance in the indoor environment and building …
Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems attempt to achieve a uniform indoor environment. However, this can be…
Maintaining thermal comfort in buildings has become a big challenge in developing countries. Cool roof or high reflective/emissive roof reduces absorbed…
For an ideal building airtightness test, the pressure difference between inside and outside would be constant over time and uniform along…
Indoor air quality (IAQ) control in educative centres, where students spend most of their time, is essential. The presence of high levels…
How accurately can reduced-order dynamic building energy simulation models (with Dymola simulation software) simulate the indoor…
In this paper various direct reading instruments and techniques used in air monitoring are reviewed. Principles of operation are…
This study aims to use the WELL Building Standard (v2), an internationally recognised rating system for health & wellbeing in…
Indoor environmental quality in educational buildings is recognized as a crucial aspect for the achievement of the learning outcomes for…