The 44th AIVC Conference "Retrofitting the Building Stock: Challenges and Opportunities for Indoor Environmental Quality", was held in Dublin, Ireland on 9-10 October 2024. Contains 127 papers and/or summaries.
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Radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas, is a leading cause of lung cancer and has the potential to increase significantly due to…
The increasing severity and duration of climate change is that extremes – notably heatwaves, increases the risk of human thermal stress…
The Renson One residential concept focusses on the building envelope and the mechanical installations to ensure a climate-adaptive and…
The commitment to improving the energy efficiency of buildings by 2030, with the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, has been…
The EIA EBC Annex 80 Resilient Cooling program has focused on bringing together and extending the knowledge on the resilience of…
The increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves highlight the necessity for resilient building design to reduce heat-stress-related…
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have expressed the need for practical ventilation guidelines to maintain acceptable indoor air…
French regulation regarding residential ventilation dates from 1982. Almost every new residential buildings constructed since then are…
In Belgium, the requirements for ventilation in buildings can be found in national ventilation standards, national health regulation and…
This paper provides a background regarding building ventilation regulations and inspection requirements in Ireland. Ventilation…
In Spain, the construction sector has undergone significant changes over the last twenty years due to new ventilation standards driven by…
The objective of this study is to assess the ability to mitigate the airborne particle concentration in a mechanically ventilated meeting…
This study aims to evaluate airborne cross-infection risk under different discharge angle (-20°, 0°, and +20°) and supply…
The main purpose of this study is to analyse the effects of heat gain, airflow rate, air distribution, and the location of an infector on…
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is increasingly accepted as a leading factor in human health, and the ventilation of our indoor spaces is a key…
The field of building ventilation and indoor air quality (IAQ) often employs indoor CO2 concentrations as an indicator of outdoor air…
The need of maximum airtightness is essential in order to ensure that the fire compartment can maintain the required concentration of…
Thermally activated building systems (TABS) are gaining attention as a means of realizing comfort and energy efficiency in office spaces…
Steady state and dynamic simulations tools based on current ISO standards play a crucial role in designing thermal envelopes that are…
In recent years, the adoption of water-based radiant ceiling cooling systems has been increasing in Japan with the aim of realizing…