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 most recent version of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (v4.1) for Building Design & Construction provides three options…
Investigation of Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in various types of buildings is a rather intense research activity by recent years.…
The purpose of this study is to clarify the respiratory characteristics and productivity with wearing a mask, and to propose the indoor…
Air infiltration control is essential to guarantee thermal comfort, good performance of the ventilation systems, and more energy-…
Green buildings incorporate several features to improve energy efficiency, indoor environmental conditions, and occupant satisfaction.…
Hospitals’ indoor environmental quality (IEQ) impacts on patients’ comfort and well-being. Relationships between IEQ indicators and…
The discomfort prediction inside buildings by means of correlations able to estimate people subjective response from indoor conditions…
When implementing or studying building controls and interfaces in the field, researchers often witness first-hand human-building…
Under the influence of biological hazards including COVID-19, it is required sufficient ventilation to decrease the infection risk in the…
The ALLO project aims to be innovative in the way it approaches information and its dissemination to residents who are concerned about…
When designed and operated adequately, natural ventilation (NV) can improve the buildings’ energy efficiency and indoor environmental…
Deep Energy renovation (DER) adopts a whole building approach and achieves much larger energy savings than shallow energy renovations…
Current building regulations are designed to ensure that buildings, including newly built and retrofitted residential dwellings, are more…
There has been substantial concern about the potential for radon levels to increase in homes undergoing energy retrofits, especially…
People spend approximately 90% of their time within indoor environments, and consequently, characterizing the chemistry of indoor air is…
Radon is a naturally occurring gas that is hazardous to human health, making it desirable to minimize exposure. Radon can infiltrate…
This paper reports preliminary analysis from a large field study of 100 university classrooms in Central Texas. Lecture classrooms and…
Ventilation and source control (e.g. using low volatile organic compound (VOC) emitting materials) are two recommended approaches to…
PCM (phase change materials) is an innovative technology and an effective method for improving the thermal mass of buildings owing to it…
Responding to the hot humid climate, the Taiwan government expects to broadly install air-conditioning in classrooms to provide a comfort…